Alan Pearce – Coma and Near-Death Experience: The Beautiful, Disturbing, and Dangerous World of the Unconscious
If patients in deep coma are not really unconscious, what does this reveal about consciousness – and why has modern medicine not yet investigated this frontier?
This talk highlights a neglected frontier in consciousness research: the vivid, structured experiences reported by patients during deep coma and heavy sedation.
At this event, Alan Pearce will present powerful first-person accounts alongside clinical insights that show how these inner worlds challenge long-held assumptions about unconsciousness. Rather than treating these experiences as anomalies, he argues they represent a major blind spot in modern medicine – one that urgently requires systematic investigation. This webinar invites scientists, clinicians and researchers to recognise the significance of these reports and to help build a new framework for understanding consciousness during critical illness.
This webinar by Alan Pearce will be followed by live Q&A.
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About the speaker:
Alan Pearce is a journalist and author who delves into the complexities of human experience, from the realms of coma and near-death phenomena to the intricacies of the Dark Web. His latest book, Coma and Near-Death Experience: The Beautiful, Disturbing, and Dangerous World of the Unconscious, created in collaboration with leading clinicians, reveals the profound inner journeys reported by patients during deep coma. His work calls for a scientific re-evaluation of what it means to be unconscious, urging medicine to investigate this uncharted territory with the seriousness it deserves.
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Alan PearceJournalist and Author
Alan Pearce is a journalist and author who delves into the complexities of human experience, from the realms of coma and near-death phenomena to the intricacies of the Dark Web. His latest book, Coma and Near-Death Experience: The Beautiful, Disturbing, and Dangerous World of the Unconscious, created in collaboration with leading clinicians, reveals the profound inner journeys reported by patients during deep coma. His work calls for a scientific re-evaluation of what it means to be “unconscious,” urging medicine to investigate this uncharted territory with the seriousness it deserves.