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Reincarnation is a topic that comes up a lot in the case of people who had near death experiences. If we take a purely materialist view of this phenomenon it co
by ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
Reincarnation is a topic that comes up a lot in the case of people who had near death experiences. If we take a purely materialist view of this phenomenon it could indicate that there is a mechanism in the brain that leads to these beliefs.
Personally I had a spiritual experience while high on Ketamine last year that shared many similarities with these stories of reincarnation. And it's hard to explain, but it showed me that the perception of the world that our brain provides for us is not necessarily the truth but somehow arbitrary and constrained.
- BoxOfRain 5y agoI'm rather fond of the belief some people develop after experiences such as these that there is only one human soul, continually reincarnated across space and time. Obviously it's so deep into unfalsifiable territory there's very little point in a scientific debate about the idea, but as a pure belief I think it's probably a beneficial one in the 'love thy neighbour' sense.