Originally posted by Shepleklet
I think it's probably just the chemical processes of your brain as it shuts down, it just happens to create the illusion of a you seeing something white when it's just that it's the last thing your brain does.
This sounds like the most logically explanation to me. Although, I guess we'll never really know.
Originally posted by E0000B6FAF25838
Best case scenario, in the split second before death, the brain goes into a supercharged mode and simulates a full scale afterlife unaffected by time.
That would be shhhhwwweeeeeeeeeeet.