Following the links in those articles is like going into What'shisname's Maze, I can feel my brain creaking with the strain of trying to take it all in. One thought occurs to me, if some percentage of humanity has these NDE's what about the rest, the NNDE's. Be interesting to see correlation between NDE and perceived intelligence, intuitiveness, creativity, etc. I do know one thing...my corgis CAN folllow a pointing finger and do so repeatedly when playing ball (there, THERE, you dummies!) so that makes them at least as smart as a robot!