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The Parnia study is the most systematic effort to date to establish highly rigorous evidence for this phenomenon.

• mike_hock 3y ago
  And as I understand the article, it has failed to do so. The near-death patients had no idea what the tablet was showing.
  • aradox66 3y ago
    That's correct. (Granted, failure to demonstrate the phenomenon does not rule it out.)
• inglor_cz 3y ago
  One of the problems with the study is the expectation that the patient, in their hypothetically discarnate state, will pay any attention to the tablet, which is just one of many artifacts in the room. I certainly don't pay attention to many such details in mundane life. I just made myself a cup of tea and put the cup onto my nightstand, but without looking, I cannot tell you which cup I chose and how is it decorated. I was distracted by something else when preparing it. And dying people are probably more distracted than people who make tea. Most people who describe their NDEs in hospitals tend to concentrate their narration on other people, e.g. the team trying to resuscitate them. Plus the headphone audio setup seems extra wrong to me. If you want to test hearing abilities of people who claim that they are outside their bodies, why use a device that sits on their ears?