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Originally Posted by DysonSphere View Post
Despite the opinion of those like Richard Dawkins, there is no scientific reason to doubt life after death ........
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I think that is too strong. There are reasons to doubt the concept of life after death - not least the fact that the consciousness of a living person may degrade progressively as a result of dementia or other conditions. |
Wouldn't that be a philosophical reason rather than a scientific one?
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Does there consciousness get restored at/after death?
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If the self is "filtered" by the brain then I assume consciousness is not only restored, but will be hugely enhanced. Just to quote part of my teleportation
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"Thus the brain would alter conscious states, but just as a TV set is unable to change the content of the images it displays, the brain would be unable to change the substantial self. It could be the case, as hinted at by mystical experiences, that disembodied consciousness is vastly greater in scope than our everyday consciousness. But in the embodied state the brain acts as a reducing valve or “filter” which severely curtails the scope of consciousness. Arguably this would serve the useful purpose of filtering out the perception of other realities and other conscious states which are not necessary, or which hinder our ability to function in this physical reality. This hypothesis would broadly be consistent with phenomena such as near-death experiences and other mystical experiences, and accounts such as those found in the "Tibetan Book of the Dead""