Is there any evidence we dont live on in some way after death

[Anymouse]

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Well, the simple answer is that there is no evidence for or against life after death. The truth of the matter is that no one who has died has come back to tell us one way or another. Many many people have tried to contact the dead, and Harry Houdini had a code to give his wife/widow, and no medium or spiritualist ever came up with it. Sure, there are Near Death Experiences, but the key word there is "near". Those people were not actually dead.

What makes you think we are "part energy"? It's true that energy cannot cease to exist, but what's the evidence for that which makes each of us "us" is any sort of measurable energy, beyond that in the molecules and atoms making up the neurons in our brains, storing our memories and personalities?

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Actually, there is evidence both for and against preservation of consciousness after death. It's just that evidence for is much more ambiguous than evidence against. (rest cut)

The ambiguous evidence for is all subjective, thus not generally acceptable as evidence. Subjective evidence such as "near-death experience" is no different than evidence for Jesus (I know he exists because I can feel him).

The prior explanation of the loss of energy (gradual decomposition, &c) is much better than mine. Kudos.

James.