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A particularly captivating segment of the interview delves into near-death experiences (NDEs). Hameroff discusses recent findings that individuals who experience NDEs often report heightened brain activity at the time of death, potentially providing a quantum basis for these occurrences.
He suggests that consciousness could persist outside the brain in a "quantum soul," which may help to explain reports of out-of-body experiences and the sensations typically associated with near-death encounters, such as visions of light or feelings of calmness.