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    It is not the case that The numbers of reported near-death experiences have probably increased in recent times.

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    • 1.Increased reporting of NDEs reflects heightened cultural awareness and legitimization since Moody's 1975 'Life After Life', not increased incidence.
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    • 2.Survivorship bias and changing social permissibility of disclosure inflate apparent frequency without altering the underlying rate of occurrence.
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    • 1.Resuscitation techniques existed in earlier centuries, yet historical records contain comparably rich NDE-like accounts in Plato, Plutarch, and medieval literature.
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    • 2.If medical technology were the primary driver, pre-modern NDE reports should be negligible, but the cross-cultural historical record contradicts this expectation.
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    • Improvements in medical technology enable many to return from a state of 'clinical death'.
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