Professor Michael Egner, a 69-year-old neurosurgeon at Stony Brook University (New York), has performed about 7,000 neurosurgical interventions over the years of his medical practice and has come to the conclusion that humans do have a soul. He came to this conclusion after analyzing unusual clinical cases among patients with severe brain disorders.
One of the most striking examples, according to the specialist, was a patient with pronounced hydrocephalus, in whom most of the skull was filled with cerebrospinal fluid rather than brain tissue. Despite this, the girl developed within normal limits, which contradicts traditional ideas about the brain as the only source of consciousness.
In addition, Egner draws attention to the phenomenon of Siamese twins, whose brains in some cases have fusion zones, but whose personalities remain different. This, in his opinion, also testifies to the presence of not only biological, but also immaterial beginning.
In his book The Immortal Mind, he describes the clinical case of a woman who survived cardiac arrest during surgery. According to her, she was at that moment “meeting with dead relatives” who supposedly persuaded her to return to her body.
One of the key episodes in his practice occurred during the removal of a tumor from the frontal lobe of the brain. The patient remained conscious and spoke adequately to the surgeon even after a significant portion of brain tissue had been excised. This, Egner argued, called into question the linear relationship between brain structure and the mind.
He believes that the soul is inherent not only in humans, but also in animals and plants, specifying that in humans it is characterized by the ability to think abstractly, writes Pravda.Ru.
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