Chapter 97: Your Body Doesn't Agree to Your Death

At this moment, on the big screen.

Jiang Zhe frowned. Explaining the specifics was a bit complicated, so he decided to simplify the complex issue.

"What is Awareness?"

"The definition of Awareness varies across different schools of thought."

"Let me explain it simply with a few examples."

"One day in 1994."

"A man named Bax entered the bustling New York City on a bicycle. He easily navigated through the busy Times Square and stopped, having arrived safely without any incident. The onlookers were all amazed."

"You might say, 'What's so difficult about that?' But if I told you that Bax completed the entire journey while blindfolded, would you still say that?"

As soon as he said this, the audience was immediately speechless.

They had just wanted to retort: How could a person traverse the bustling Times Square without relying on their eyes?

But quickly, those words of rebuttal were forcibly swallowed back.

"Europeans who arrived at the Samoan Islands in the 12th century recorded that the blind people on the island could accurately describe their appearances."

"In the 17th century, the Irish scientist Boyle recorded in his research notes that some people could identify colors by touch."

"In 1893, a doctor in the Brooklyn district of New York City stated that a blind man named Van Zyl could 'read' ordinary printed books with his fingertips."

"Note: These were ordinary books, not the special Braille books for the blind."

"Also, during the same period, an Italian neurologist, Dr. Brosso, treated a 14-year-old blind girl who could 'see' with her left earlobe and the tip of her nose."

"At the time, numerous such cases aroused great interest in the French scientist Roman—he was extremely interested!"

"After years of experiments, he finally published a paper in 1920 titled 'Extra-ocular Vision'."

"You can look up this paper yourself; I won't go into detail here."

The audience immediately searched online and indeed found these news reports and records.

"Through his research, he was later surprised to discover that some test subjects could see objects without even touching them, while others could use their fingertips, cheeks, or even their stomachs to 'see'!"

Speaking up to this point, he smiled and asked, "Absurd, right?"

The audience nodded, looking bewildered.

This was just absolutely, mind-bogglingly absurd.

"Yes, perhaps it seems very absurd!"

Jiang Zhe smiled lightly and then shook his head, "But in reality, this is not absurd; it is quite reasonable and thoroughly scientific!"

"Later, Roman's most famous discovery was a 14-year-old girl named Faith in Allison, Virginia, United States, in 1960."

"Faith's ability was that she could read perfectly while blindfolded!"

"She could accurately identify words chosen at random by doctors, recognize colors and objects, and even play chess with people."

"Later, in 1963, medical researchers from the former Russia also reported their findings—"

"A woman from the former Russia named 'Kuleshova' could read newspapers and musical scores with her fingertips and elbows while blindfolded during several strictly controlled behavioral experiments."

"Regarding what I just described, what factors allowed these people to act so freely without using their eyes to achieve such amazing feats?"

He didn't beat around the bush and gave the answer directly:

"Actually, it's quite simple. Someone in the United States in the last century already provided the answer."

"Psychologist Dr. Yuz from Columbia University in New York City."

"He conducted further follow-up research on this series of events."

"Based on many of his experiments, Dr. Yuz believed that these people with similar special abilities were exceptionally sensitive to the heat absorbed by different colors!"

"They could read without relying on their eyes because black ink absorbs more heat, and its temperature is higher than that of the surrounding white paper, which reflects heat more easily."

"In other words, the [Awareness] ability of those patients without [Vision] is far greater than that of ordinary people!"

"[Awareness] cannot be called [Sixth Sense] or [Third Eye]; it is a comprehensive term that can be understood as the human brain having a sensitivity to surrounding magnetic fields."

"I will explain this in detail later!"

Speaking to this point, his expression suddenly became serious.

"Now, back to the topic."

"What is the underlying principle when a person near death witnesses themselves undergoing surgery?"

"That is because—"

"At the moment a person is near death!"

"Adrenaline surges significantly, the patient's vision is passively shut down, and even if they want to open their eyes, they cannot!"

"At this very moment!"

"If you encounter a near-death experience, your body will briefly enter an [Evolutionary Phase]."

"To explain, the Evolutionary Phase is an extraordinary ability that humans unleash when facing life-and-death situations."

"For example, some people in life-and-death crises can outrun Usain Bolt in a 100-meter dash or outrun a black bear."

"And being near death is even more severe than being attacked by a black bear or hit by a truck!"

"At that time, your body will significantly enhance your hearing, your sense of touch, your sense of smell, your sense of taste, and your [Awareness], or what might be called [Sensation]."

"So!"

"Those patients who saw themselves undergoing surgery!"

"They, in fact, did not see it at all!"

He faced the camera, frowned, and asked rhetorically:

"Did they lie?"

Then he raised an index finger and shook it repeatedly.

"No, they did not; they were not lying at all; everything they described was the truth!"

Perhaps it was because Jiang Zhe's narration was too passionate!

The barrage comments in the live stream had disappeared.

At this moment, everyone was listening intently, afraid of missing any detail!

The audience wore serious expressions; they could feel that today was a unique feast of decoding both paradoxes and science!

The number of viewers on the Television Station and in the live stream was also steadily rising.

"In reality, it was all because they perceived that they were undergoing surgery through their sense of touch, taste, sensation, smell, and [Awareness]—senses that were instantly enhanced by their bodies—excluding [Vision]!"

"Vision is the most intuitive information for humans to examine the outside world. We then construct this information in our minds, and we get the processed world image seen by our eyes: people, cars, buildings, rivers, oceans, and so on."

"When [Vision] is gone, and you happen to be [Near Death]."

"What happens then?"

He smiled slightly, "Naturally, it is substitution. Near-death patients need to use other things to replace [Vision]!"

"What to use as a substitute?"

"Naturally, everything other than vision!"

"For example—"

"Sense of smell: the near-death patient intensifies the smell of medicine in the ICU, the body odor of the doctors; OK, diverse external information, Get!"

"Sense of touch: the path of the scalpel moving back and forth on the patient's body, the contour of the hospital bed the patient is touching, and the feeling of a loved one holding their hand; OK, diverse external information, Get!"

"Sense of taste: the near-death patient tastes the strange molecules in the air, the molecules of sweat, the molecules of medicine, and the molecules of the doctor's tense internal hormones; OK, diverse external information, Get again!"

"And!"

"[Awareness], [Awareness] is to process all this external information in the mind!"

"At that point, the near-death patient obtains all the outlines and detailed information of the outside world in their mind: the outlines, colors, and information of buildings, the outlines, colors, and information of the doctors, and so on."

"Therefore, what near-death patients 'see' is not actually seen, but rather external information obtained through other channels!!!"

"Ultimately!"

"In the end, the information processed by near-death patients using [Awareness] is far more accurate and detailed than the information observed by the [Eyes]!"

After saying this, he smiled and revealed the truth about near-death experiences:

"The result is: at the moment of life and death, my friend, your body does not allow you to die so cowardly!"

"So your body is making you [Aware] of everything outside, making your brain's consciousness recover quickly!!!"