Nothing happens after you die...?

Eh, I didn't see that episode, but I sort of know what you're talking about. It sounds like one of those theories that takes an actual scientific theory and manipulates it to support some new-age hippy bullshit theory (I'm not insulting your intelligence here, I'm just saying they tend to not be very scientific).

The "actual" theory that I have heard that could relate to this is that, since no electron can be in the exact same state as any other electron, if you alter the state of an electron you actually alter the state of every electron in the universe. Some people used that theory and used it to promote that idea of "universal consciousness" or "connectedness" or whatever. And there are a few other scientific theories that they have used as well.

As for that brain theory thingy, the first hole in that idea that I can think of is that most of the parts of the brain are at least indirectly connected to every other part all the time. Now, if they could show different parts of the brain communicating with each other when those parts are on different sides of a room, that would be impressive.

But even still, using brain wave patterns to explain the nature of the entire universe is a bit of a stretch, by most standards. Neurology and astrophysics aren't exactly the closest relatives.

Having said all that, no hypothesis is a bad hypothesis so long as it follows the scientific method. There's always the possibility that it could be correct. Just don't go chasing it without evidence.

The "actual theory" is called Pauli's Exclusion Principle, and pretty generally only relates to electrons in the same atom, rather than every electron in the universe. That would imply transfer of useful information faster than the speed of light, which is, for now, impossible.




But then again i'll believe anything morgan freeman tells me, and i haven't watched the episode.

I was going to write a comment, and I was watching a video to back up my comment, but then I figured I might as well just give you the video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZWediSfTU

he is right you know

But all of our consciousness comes from the brain so logically once the brain dies, we die. Also, if there is some sort of afterlife using your logic, there must also be an afterlife for every living creature that ever existed not just humans.

Exactly. Everything is made from the same cosmic matter that just settled in different paterns to form different molecules. In its way, it is all aware of the cosmos. This doesnt mean it can think and comprehend the cosmos though. Our atoms are aware in relation to the cosmos, but that doesn't mean are brain can actively recognize everything in the universe, that isn't how it was programmed to function.

You say we are all made from cosmic matter that just settled in different patterns to form different molecules. This does not imply that consciousness will exist after death. I don't know all the details but our consciousness comes completely from the synapses and neurons firing in our brain. Take that away and you take consciousness away. After we die, the matter in our brain will not be destroyed but will simply deteriorate and take another form and at that point, we will be just as alive as your coffee table or any other inanimate object.

however some scientists showed that the brain in some circumstances is able to communicate with itself without a direct physical link. Also, while sleeping, stimulated neurons do not communicate with eachother (also tested) yet the brain is quite active.

But how is this evidence of an afterlife? for example, just because a computer is able to communicate with other devices wirelessly, does this mean that there is an afterlife for broken down computers?

they believe that it shows that cosmic matter is somehow self-aware and able to communicate outside the usual expected restrictions. So they believe that perhaps our contagiousness does not NEED our body to survive and that when we die, it could go somewhere else. Also, they looked into people that have had near death experiences, and people that were starved for oxygen in the brain to see if that could be the reason people claim to see things when near death. They found that those who were starved for oxygen said that had an out of body experience or felt like they were floating out of their body, while those with near death experiences almost always mentioned meeting some sort of super natural being, or other deceased.

I now realize that you are talking nonsense because most people with near death experiences do not see some sort of supernatural being. There are a lot of people who see absolutely nothing. Also, that bit about floating outside of your body and seeing supernatural beings has been tested and explained as nothing more than chemical reactions occurring in the brain before you die. ALL evidence shows that without a brain, our consciousness would cease. You have shown me no valid evidence otherwise. You have simply given me speculations of speculations made unnamed scientists. Show me these studies and I guarantee you they have been refuted.Just like you, I used to watch these pseudo intellectuals who think they understand quantum physics and think because they put the word, "quantum" in front of anything, it gives it credibility. As Richard Feynman once said, "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics."

now I think you are being overly critical and closed-minded. You have lost my respect. We are done here.

Over critical? Please show me the sources of what you are saying. I am very open minded but also very critical. I don't accept far fetched claims without any evidence to support it.

Something like Carl Gustav Jung said_

It's called Quantum Entanglement.....

u nigger

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one time i was getting suffocated /choking and started passing out and i saw everything go grey the slowly white and then my friend helped me. after everything i told him what happened from my perspective and it turns out that i lost my memory for 10 seconds

Knock it off, ya numbskull.

Just kidding, in all likely hood when I die something else will happen. My safe will miss Mars and be set adrift on the great tides of Space, where it will eventually be discovered by a group of sentient aliens. They will then become mighty space vikings and will begin pillaging and conquering other planets until they have have a glorious space viking empire. Then, they will develop time travel and go back in time and conquer them all again. Unfortunately, they will become trapped too far in the past and have to settle down and their descendants will eventually be just as technologically advanced and will go to Earth sometime around the 500's. There will save the planet from the Frost Giants and will be forever immortalized as Gods. Many years later, the son of one of those Space Vikings will be banished to Earth where he will save a it from destruction at the hands of his treacherous brother and will be allowed to return home. Sadly he will have to destroy the bridge to earth, so he can never return. Fear no though, for he will inexplicably show up again in the near future without any explanation as to how he did it and no one will question him about it. He will have to stop his Brother yet again, because his brother has some sort of problem with megalomania or some shit. Then the brother get his shit rocked by a big green man/tank and everyone has a party and they go home.

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