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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 19 Sep 2019
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    Have you ever had the "whole life flashing before my eyes" experience (not necessarily in a near-death situation; there are other triggers), and if so did you have a sense of time slowing to a crawl, nearly stopping?

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      1.  ❄️ 🌨️ ☃️Dr MadeOfMistake (IQ 211, ~19 Hands) 🎄 🎅 🎁‏ @madeofmistak3 19 Sep 2019
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        my wife was caught underwater for a way too long time while we were white water rafting. time slowed down for me definitely.

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      1. Halikaarnian‏ @Halikaarn1an 19 Sep 2019
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        Not slowing, more like a fog or suspension of individual agency. A preview of ghost existence.

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      2. Alex Woods‏ @woods_alex_ 19 Sep 2019
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        Yes and yes, simultaneously. Paragliding collision. It was like I was standing outside my life, looking at it like you might look at a sculpture. Meanwhile I had all the time in the world to find and throw my reserve.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 19 Sep 2019
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        That is a particularly clear example because of the calibrating effect of you having the anchor event of throwing the reserve... most examples I know of are too inert.

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      1. nordasaur‏ @nordasaur 19 Sep 2019
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        Yes. Crossed a major street on a bike without stopping or looking both ways. A car missed me by at most several feet.

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      1. sudeepj21‏ @sudeepj21 19 Sep 2019
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        I dodged a T-bone crash recently from someone who ran a red light. Brains perception of time did slow down a lot. But didnt have 'my life flash past'.

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      2. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 19 Sep 2019
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        I have had the latter, but not the former. I slipped and fell while hiking, and the ~0.7 seconds it took to hit the ground lasted forever.

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      3. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 19 Sep 2019
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        During that time my brain gave me an extensive lecture about how I was actually going to be fine, and what the plan would be when I hit the ground and started rolling down the mountain.

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      1. Hisham Ziauddeen‏ @HZiauddeen 19 Sep 2019
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        Bud Craig has some interesting thoughts on this:https://vimeo.com/8170544 

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 19 Sep 2019
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        No, that's not what I'm talking about. That effect is well documented.

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