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Related: About this forumErasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death
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Fresh Air
NPR
February 21, 2013
Today on NPR's "Fresh Air", Terry Gross interviewed Dr. Sam Parnia M.D., one of the world's leading experts on the scientific study of death,
the human mind-brain relationship, and near-death experiences.
"What happens when we die? Wouldn't we all like to know?
We can't bring people back from the dead to tell us -- but, in some cases,
we almost can.
Resuscitation medicine is now sometimes capable of reviving people after their heart has stopped beating and their brain has flat-lined.
Dr. Sam Parina, a critical care doctor and director of resuscitation research at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, studies what these people experience
in that period after their heart stops and before they're resuscitated.
This includes visions such as bright lights and out-of-body experiences."
"What we study are not people who are near death," Parina tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross, "We study people who have objectively died...And therefore what we've understood is that the experience that these people have of going beyond the threshold of death, entering the period after death for the first few tens of minutes
or hours of time, provides us with an indication of what we're all likely to experience when we go through death."
Hear interview..read transcript
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/21/172495667/resuscitation-experiences-and-erasing-death/
Read an excerpt from Dr. Sam Parina's book, "Erasing Death"..The Science That Is Rewriting The Boundaries Between Life And Death
http://www.npr.org/books/titles/172494833/erasing-death-the-science-the-science-that-is-rewriting-the-boundaries-between-life-and-death/
MindMover
(5,016 posts)Now understanding what happens after death ... that is a 7 billion dollar question ...
Warpy
(111,316 posts)I honestly don't know what will happen, and neither does anyone else. I do know our egos, memories, personalities, likes and dislikes are all functions of our brains and presumably die when it does.
I just remember profound peace as everything became irrelevant, even pain. The real drag is coming back to it all.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)"I do know our egos, memories, personalities, likes and dislikes are all functions of our brains and presumably die when it does."
Baitball Blogger
(46,753 posts)Flatliners.
LVdem
(524 posts)I'll be listening to this later on.
red dog 1
(27,839 posts)Last edited Sat Feb 23, 2013, 12:38 AM - Edit history (2)
LVdem
(524 posts)My wife is a HUGE Dylan fan and good, solid liberal as well. I thought I'd do the Bob avatar for her!!!
red dog 1
(27,839 posts)Has your wife seen Martin Scorsese's documentary "No Direction Home"??
That film was so well done....All Dylan fans should see it.
LVdem
(524 posts)She's seen everything... documentaries and movies, including Masked and Anonymous, which was actually a lot of fun after you realize Bob can't act.
Because of my wife, I've seen Dylan about 10 times over the years, which I have enjoyed quite a bit. HE always has a rocking band, and he's just a hoot to watch.
BTW, I love Cold Irons Bound and Highlands.. the song that may answer the question: "what's it like to be Bob Dylan."
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)Kablooie
(18,637 posts)Seems nudity would be more natural.