Thursday, April 28, 2016

Reincarnation

This post is an adjunct to my recent post entitled Scientific Support For The Dalai Lama.

Following are links challenging the concept of reincarnation:

http://www.livescience.com/7272-belief-reincarnation-tied-memory-errors.html

http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/10/reasons_to_doub.html

http://www.skepticreport.com/sr/?p=466

http://skepdic.com/stevenson.html

Keep in mind that reincarnation is just one of many unsupported claims of a "soul" living on after death.  This falls under the umbrella of classical dualism, which posits a difference between the physical brain/body and an immaterial spirit.  Since physics shows that this concept would be a violation of physical laws such as the Conservation of Energy, the burden of proof for this concept is very high (extra-ordinary claims require extra-ordinary evidence).  While some have conducted experiments attempting to support the concept of dualism, none have convinced the majority of experts studying the issue.

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