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Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife?

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Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife?
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RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife?
November 29, 2009 at 7:29 am
(November 29, 2009 at 7:00 am)BoxxyBabee Wrote: Ahhh, Occam's razor.
I like that advice. Big Grin

The only dissenting information I've encountered is this Doctor from 1901 named Duncan MacDougall.
He stated that the body loses 21 grams when it dies. (I can't post a link. D: )

I don't think that in 1901, that there was sufficient technology to eliminate variables.
The body chemistry also changes after death. (Rigor mortis and similar processes)

So, to me, it doesnt sound very plausible.
I've just lost multiple times 21 grams at the gym. I guess my little homonculus and some of his friends staying over for a party must have left the building...

Still it is surprising that a soul should be subject to gravity though...Makes one wonder how much god weighs (after his workout that is, let's be reasonable)

Ah, Occam's Razor. You know there is no scientific basis to that whatsoever, don't you?
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Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife?

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Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by BoxxyBabee - November 29, 2009 at 6:18 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by Purple Rabbit - November 29, 2009 at 7:29 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 7:31 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 7:44 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 8:04 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 8:38 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 8:26 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 8:58 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 9:15 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 9:42 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 10:22 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 10:26 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 10:14 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 10:35 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 10:41 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 10:44 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 10:47 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 10:55 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 10:58 am
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 12:26 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by theVOID - November 29, 2009 at 12:28 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 1:03 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 2:33 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 3:02 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 5:16 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 30, 2009 at 4:57 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 5:33 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by Rhage - November 29, 2009 at 5:29 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - November 30, 2009 at 6:10 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - December 2, 2009 at 5:37 pm
RE: Is There a Scientific Basis for an Afterlife? - by fr0d0 - December 3, 2009 at 3:58 am

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