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Originally Posted by MattyC
Yeah totally, I'm not saying it's not far-fetched. I guess I just take issue with the word supernatural. It implies that something "magical" has to happen. In my thought process, things like memories and experiences are all stored somewhere. You say those impulses fade after death, well fade into what? It's energy, it has to go somewhere and do something. Maybe it just gets burnt off as heat. But if those impulses somehow remain as they were in some form of an energy ball or whatever, couldn't "afterlife" just be us stuck in our own conciousness for eternity?
I think conversations about a potential afterlife can have a base in science and don't need Heaven's Gates or angels or whatever to exist in order for the energy of our mind be conserved in some way.
Anyways this is the science thread so I won't bog it down. Continue on! I like this thread.
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Dude, just throwing around the word "Energy" doesn't make your suggestion scientific.
Our memories, and brain functions aren't just some mass of energy, they are the result of chemical processes which use/convert energy. Our consciousness isn't some ball of energy, it depends on those chemical processes. Once they stop, it's over. The "Energy" doesn't have to go somewhere, because in the way you're talking about it, it doesn't exist.
Sure I suppose it's possible that when you die, the memories etc are all technically still stored in brain cells/structures just like memory on a computer, but even if that's the case, without the processes that keep your brain working, consciousness can't exist.
Yes, when you shut down your computer the programs still exist, but once power/processes that run them stop, they aren't running, and they aren't doing anything.