One single EEG (not even an MRI) of one guy before he died.
This is very weak evidence, bordering on anecdote, from which we can't generalize to anyone else.
Even for this one guy, the EEG patterns "suggest memory recall". We don't know what was actually going on in his mind. Maybe he was remembering something. Maybe. Maybe it was of a grocery list. We have no idea.
Even if it was a memory of his entire life -- a big stretch, given the very, very weak evidence -- it could have happened purely by chance.. that he happened to be remembering something, and that happened to be a memory of his life.
It doesn't mean that that happens to everyone else.
This whole article is very low content, and the "evidence" for what it claims is very poor.
One EEG suggesting memories, out of one EEG which possibly could have suggested memories.
Sure, it would be nice to have more than one data point, but I think when that data point corroborates what many people have reported based on their experiences, it's worth something.
This is very weak evidence, bordering on anecdote, from which we can't generalize to anyone else.
Even for this one guy, the EEG patterns "suggest memory recall". We don't know what was actually going on in his mind. Maybe he was remembering something. Maybe. Maybe it was of a grocery list. We have no idea.
Even if it was a memory of his entire life -- a big stretch, given the very, very weak evidence -- it could have happened purely by chance.. that he happened to be remembering something, and that happened to be a memory of his life.
It doesn't mean that that happens to everyone else.
This whole article is very low content, and the "evidence" for what it claims is very poor.