Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:40 pm
Hi August,
I don't dispute anything you say, and indeed a duality of mind and body has been a long tradition of philosophy as well as religion. But none of this is sufficient evidence to convince me personally. Life after death is one of those theories (like creationism) that cannot be disproved and for me that means that the evidence to persuade me that is it likely a correct theory must be very rigorous. None of what you suggest falls into that category. I think it is an interesting theory though, like the many multiple and parallel universe theories, string theory and many others.
I don't dispute anything you say, and indeed a duality of mind and body has been a long tradition of philosophy as well as religion. But none of this is sufficient evidence to convince me personally. Life after death is one of those theories (like creationism) that cannot be disproved and for me that means that the evidence to persuade me that is it likely a correct theory must be very rigorous. None of what you suggest falls into that category. I think it is an interesting theory though, like the many multiple and parallel universe theories, string theory and many others.