Anyone who says they’re not afraid of death is lying. Devoutly religious people who claim they’re certain there’s a luxurious afterlife awaiting them will fight as hard to stay alive as anyone else, and even those actively trying to end their own lives generally seek out a quick and (they hope) painless way to go about it.
But now scientists have made a discovery that indicates dying may be much more distressing, lonely, and horrifying than we thought. Researcher Anna Fowler at Arizona State University has been analyzing reports of near-death experiences and studies conducted on animals to determine what is happening in the brain as an organism dies.
