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To say that consciousness can go on "a little" after death is rather silly. He doesn´t want to abandon the materialist paradigm.

I completely agree with you Jim. I also think consciousness is fundamental. How can a physical brain have awareness? It cannot.

Instead of saying that science is wrong about almost everything, I would rather say that "science is almost wrong about almost everything" because science is also partially right about almost everything, so there would be no need to generalise.

I love that, Jim !

I agree that nothing is all good or all bad. If you extract positive things from religions, these will be good for you in the same way than psychology, philosophy, science in general. Dogmas are bad, reductionism is bad, limitation is bad, broadmindedness is good, critérium is good, etc.

Remember that consciousness is not a cold mathematical robot. It is subjective, what you live, what you are. Each one creates the flowers he loves to translate his experience when it is difficult to describe: metaphors. You will never get 100% objectivity in anything, not even in science. You...

Thank you for placing it here, Jim. I will copy it again because the NHNE is not so easy to read. Diego Walcopz Valencia near-death experience: “I was in bed , when suddenly I saw myself near the roof top looking down at my body. I was floating on it, and at the beginning I didn´t recognize...

I think that what you mention is valid for all religions. I don´t feel specially spiritual when I sit on the bench of the Jewish temple if I have to swallow the dogmas. I try to choose the wisdom and the rest stays away as a background noise.

I love what you wrote, that truth can be a superposition that changes according to the observer ! We have to reconcile ourselves with the fact that we cannot find "the truth" and feel content of knowing partial truths.

Nice diagram. Where would consciousness be in that diagram.?

thanks

I also have the idea that one can be ethical, and consider life meaninful no matter if you are atheist, agnostic, religious or in favor of scientific spirituality. In fact I belong to a family of scientists who are atheist but still have behaved in the best of ways and lead meaningful lifes. I...

I think it is rather superficial to judge a book by the title