There is some evidence that consciousness is not predicated on a functioning brain. There is a scientist conducting a controlled study involving people likely to die (and possibly be resuscitated) to determine if in fact some of the reported instances of "out of body" experiences during near death experiences can be clinically validated as having taken place outside the body. I haven't heard any results.
Also, it is true that certain drugs can reproduce the subjective experiences reported by people who have had NDE's.
So, I think the jury is still out. For me, I am pretty sure something continues, but that's just my subjective opinion based on experiences I've had.
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