Tag: fear

• Fear Of Being Buried Alive Is Groundless

  I guess this was a reasonable fear at the time, especially considering how our definition of “dead” has changed over the years. (Is it when the heart stops? When the person is no longer breathing? When there’s no brain activity?) The London Lancet newspaper (“the authority of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Surgeons […]

  David Friedman

  April 2, 2010

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  burial, death, fear, Science, Urban Legend