Rethinking Mortality: Exploring the Intersection of Life and Death

Scientific advances in the 21st century have led to major breakthroughs in the understanding of death. One in five survivors of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) who are revived back to life recall experiencing a heightened and transcendent state of consciousness that often follows a specific narrative arc. What can these remarkable experiences ultimately tell us about the nature of human consciousness?

Dr. Sam Parnia in conversation with Steve Paulson.

The Morgan Library and Museum
February 7, 2024

For more about the topics discussed in this conversation, visit: @parnialab

[philosopher]

One of the most important video interviews on the internet today...and that it has had no comments, is frankly, unbelievable and disappointing because it tells me people simply haven't seen it.
Hopefully that will change.
And thank you Dr. Parnia. I read your book Erasing Death when it came out and have followed your incredibly important and valuable work for over 14 years.

[philipfranklin]

Absolutely fascinating and inspiring. Full empathy after death when recounting your actions towards others. I can already recall nearly every moment of my life and I'm 72, I've not had NDE but suffered extream mental trauma which I beleive truely opened my mind in a very similar way you describe NDE experiences. Does that sound crazy? Every day of my life is at hand in my mind, Everything I've done, Good and bad, Guilt and empathy towards those I've hurt. Thanks for posting this seminar

[robjowett]

An amasing area of insight but my primary lesson from this is that I do not want be reanimated in a bucket as an experiment. That's not a good thing for any animal.

[Fiona-ol]

Wondering if the self assessment ppl go through are influenced by the idea of heaven & hell.
Whether or not ppl are religious, its influence remains throughout society.

[serenity]

How do you block consciousness like the pig brain when you don't know where it is?

[lynnsadler]

So what does data mean? Objective truth?

[Albeit_Jordan]

37:55 this sounds exhausting tbh just give me the abyss