News of the possibility of reviving people after death could change our understanding of life and death. Doctor and researcher Sam Parnia of New York University Medical Center argues that traditional ideas about death may be radically outdated. The discovery, The Telegraph , could have profound implications for medicine and ethics.
The doctor views death not as a final event, but as a “reversible state.” In his book “Lucid Dying,” Parnia shares the results of 30 years of research that redefines the boundaries of life and death. He is confident that cardiac arrest or cessation of brain activity is not the end, but only a process that can be reversed with the right approach.
Parnia and his team have made “impressive strides” in resuscitating patients, doubling survival rates after cardiac arrest compared to the U.S. average.
He claims that the brain and other organs remain viable for hours or even days after death, and that scientific advances in recent years give reason to believe that a return to life will be possible not only for animals but also for humans.
Among the examples, Parnia cites a study in which a pig's brain remained active 14 hours after death. He also mentions cases in which people who were in a state of hypothermia were brought back to life many hours after cardiac arrest, thanks to advanced technology and equipment.
Although cryonics still remains at the level of theory, Parnia believes that cooling does protect the body and increases the chances of successful recovery.
However, despite his optimism, he admits that modern medicine is not always ready for such radical changes, which is due to the overload of hospitals and a lack of resources. However, he believes that in the future, resuscitation and life restoration methods will become more effective and accessible, and death will cease to be an inevitable end.
Parnia is confident that over time, humanity will change its attitude towards death, and what today seems like fantasy in terms of reviving dead people will become common medical practice
