Sam Parnia - What Do Near Death Experiences Mean?

Stories of ’near death experiences’ (NDEs) are legion, affecting all cultures and peoples. NDEs have similarities—white lights, tunnels, spirit beings, feelings of unity, comfort, love. Do NDEs ’prove’ that ’Heaven is for real’? Or are they mere by-products of shocks to the brain during times of physiological trauma and insults? Is there a science of NDEs? Free access to Closer to Truth’s library of 5,000 videos: Watch more interviews on near death experiences: Sam Parnia is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Register for free at for subscriber-only exclusives: Closer to Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.