until much later. And
while we’ve learned a
lot, we’re nowhere near
100%. Witch hunts
continue even today
in countries like Papua
New Guinea, where a
woman was burned
alive in 2013. It would
be incredibly arrogant
of us to assume that we
have discovered every
way to see the world
and every tool to measure it. Scientists are at
their best when they are
open to all possibilities,
and arrive at a study
without assumptions or
preconceptions.
from neuroscience to
theoretical physics—
without risking patients
health in any way.
M.M. When a person says that she/he has had an NDE, a scientist doesn’t
believe her/him. When people like Louis Hay, Gregg Braden, etc, say that
they have cured themselves from a cancer with positive thinking, what do
you - a doctor - have to say?
Е.A.
As a doctor, I’ve seen
people recover who
every medical test
indicated should have
died. And I’ve seen
people deteriorate who
should have responded
to treatment. We just
don’t know everything
about how the human
body heals itself.
py and radiation therapy, works better than
anything else. But it
doesn’t work in every
case, and there’s often
no clear reason why it
works for one person
and doesn’t for another.
I would never advise a
patient to forgo chemo
in favor of meditation
or other mental efforts,
but I don’t dismiss the
Some studies show
that show people in a We know that modern power of positive thinkcoma do better when treatment for cancer, ing.
they hear positive talk including chemotheraat their bedside from
doctors
and
loved
ones—even people who
“shouldn’t” be able to
hear or process audio.
Clearly, we still have a
lot to X\