EthanT
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The AWARE II study is up in May and he was all over the news back a few months ago. I agree that comment was unfortunate, but I don't think that it was really directed towards this audience, but served more as some sort of defense mechanism to avoid being called "woo woo" or something like that. He is, after all, operating in a very difficult market for this kind of thing (the heavily skeptical U.K.). In last December he was interviewed in public radio and discussed the stance that consciousness' "source" may not be the brain with relative normalcy (maybe he already secured the funds for the final stages of AWARE II?), which is a posture that he had prodded in his book before. Whether saying that -just a few months before the project is due- points towards them getting a hit, I don't know... But at least it points to them not having a patient that went into an OBE and missed a target.
I think of Parnia as a "secret" proponent, he is cautious as hell and puts his career first, but every once in a while there are these blurbs that reveal what is in his mind.
I'm happy to learn that we are delving back into the VR stuff soon, that particular field is getting increasingly hot and systematically becoming more "mainstream". The proposed experiments are also a welcome sight that could very well have repercussions about the way the public sees consciousness if successful.
I had forgot about AWARE for a little while now, but was reminded of it the other day and went to look into the status of AWARE II. Couldn't find anything anywhere. Just curious where you got the information on it? Thanks
Seemed like AWARE Part I was originally supposed to be "up" at some particular date, but didn't it get delayed for quite some time past it's original due date?