I think Sam Parnia has different positions depending on context. His personal view seems based on lots of cases which would not appear in any formal study. It's much the same with hospice workers or those dealing with people on the border between life and death. People tend to reach a personal understanding of these things. But what appears in formal studies such as AWARE or AWARE II will only ever be a small subset of that knowledge. Pinning things down in a formal way is a different activity. I wouldn't make any pre-emptive guess as to what sort of results they might be getting.
But one thing is very clear, from something Parnia said years ago (was it in 2008?) if the initial study came up with no results, there would be no reason to continue. The mere fact that studies are ongoing shows that there are plenty of interesting observations - but in my view not necessarily formalised at this stage.
But one thing is very clear, from something Parnia said years ago (was it in 2008?) if the initial study came up with no results, there would be no reason to continue. The mere fact that studies are ongoing shows that there are plenty of interesting observations - but in my view not necessarily formalised at this stage.