I’ve heard of people with near death experiences having these calm, soothing experiences. It’s lovely that our brains do this for us.
I know there’s a natural selection, those with the best characteristics continued, and those who didn’t have the qualities to survive would pass away. But everyone dies in the end. What made it so that all brains release those chemicals to ease our last moments?
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Not everything that has evolved has a purpose. There would certainly be no reason to select against such a trait, so it was passed on.
However, it is likely that being calm when you think you are about to die is helpful, because maybe you’ll figure out a way to not die at the last moment because you’re not panicking.
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