Life After Death

deadpoet · 01-05-2011, 10:19 AM

what sort of mental activity?

**Janszoon** · 01-05-2011, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by deadpoet

what sort of mental activity?

Here's an article about it. It was just the first thing I found with a quick google search, I'm sure there are tens of thousands of articles about this stuff that you could read if you so desire.

deadpoet · 01-05-2011, 11:37 PM

I think I'm starting to agree with you. Either that or I'm out of arguments for the other side

RVCA · 01-05-2011, 11:42 PM

Scans show that in REM-stage sleep, your brain is actually just as active as it is during a normal, waking day.

But I agree with Janszoon. I do not believe that our soul is separate from our mind. They are the same thing, and when one dies, the other does too.

Paedantic Basterd · 01-06-2011, 10:22 PM

If there were such a thing as "the soul", and I'm entirely undecided as to whether or not there is, I would imagine it subscribing to the same "law of conservation of energy" as everything else.

Just a thought.

Anteater · 01-06-2011, 10:48 PM

Physical reality as we know it is altered every time we measure something or learn something new about how things function. Hell, scientists now from a variety of fields are already under the opinion that gravity is merely a byproduct of the existence of other realities beyond our own...and that it doesn't really exist here at all.

In light of possibilities like that, perhaps our understanding of what a "soul" really is will evolve over time as well.

**Janszoon** · 01-06-2011, 10:51 PM

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Hell, scientists now from a variety of fields are already under the opinion that gravity is merely a byproduct of the existence of other realities beyond our own...and that it doesn't really exist here at all.

They are? I have to admit I'm skeptical. Can you provide some more info?

Anteater · 01-06-2011, 11:09 PM

Well Jansz, it's mostly this guy that seems to have been causing a stir in the scientific community since earlier this year. There were a shitload of news articles about it back in July now that I think about it.

The Guy - Erik Verlinde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

His infamous paper - [1001.0785] On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton

For every scientific mind that thinks of 'On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton' as the work of a genius though, there are dozens of others who don't understand any of it..or just choose to not believe any of it. Personally, I fall somewhere in middle between those two camps, but I find it all very interesting nevertheless.

But anyway, it's causing a lot of different people in high places to re-evaluate what they think they know about the fundamental laws we take for granted, which make it a development worth keeping an eye on IMO.

Take a gander.

**Janszoon** · 01-06-2011, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Well Jansz, it's mostly this guy that seems to have been causing a stir in the scientific community since earlier this year. There were a shitload of news articles about it back in July now that I think about it.

The Guy - Erik Verlinde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

His infamous paper - [1001.0785] On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton

For every scientist that think of 'On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton' as the work of a genius though, there are probably dozens of others who don't understand any of it. Personally, I fall somewhere in middle between those two camps.

But anyway, it's causing a lot of different people in high places to re-evaluate what they think they know about the fundamental laws we take for granted though.

Take a gander.

Sounds like interesting reading. I look forward to checking it out. Thanks!

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deadpoet Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: In interesting times Posts: 69	I think I'm starting to agree with you. Either that or I'm out of arguments for the other side __________________ The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure while always arriving.

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RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	Scans show that in REM-stage sleep, your brain is actually just as active as it is during a normal, waking day. But I agree with Janszoon. I do not believe that our soul is separate from our mind. They are the same thing, and when one dies, the other does too.

01-06-2011, 10:22 PM	#165 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	If there were such a thing as "the soul", and I'm entirely undecided as to whether or not there is, I would imagine it subscribing to the same "law of conservation of energy" as everything else. Just a thought.