Searching For The Science Behind Reincarnation

[fujiyama]

256. My question to proponents or believers of this would be

what's the medium for this consciousness? Assuming the soul exists, how does it "travel"? Does it just pass through air? Or does it lie somewhere on the electromagnetic spectrum? Is it a radio wave? microwave? UV?

And why does another person need to die for this "soul" to be released? So are there little pockets of consciousness/memories just floating around waiting to invade a baby's brain like a parasite every once in a while?

Sorry, but the whole concept of dualism is problematic and it assumes way too much in the first place. It assumes that our thoughts are external to our physical brain, a concept which has absolutely no supporting evidence whatsoever. We are made of what we are - and that's a bunch of elements which, configured together as they are makes us the great and terrible individuals we are. I don't see why that makes life less worthwhile or valuable.

This whole reincarnation stuff is fun in the sense ghost stories around a campfire are when you're ten years old, but I have no idea why adults keep holding on to this. All the "woo" threads show that a lot of people, regardless of ideology want to hold on to some element of the supernatural. That's fine, but rather than trying to cover it up with all sorts of talk about quantum mechanics (a phenomenon which has held up to rigorous experimentation), just admit it for what it is.

And in some cases like that of the kid who believed he was a WWII veteran, there was talk that the kid was taken to an airplane/naval museum of some sort when he was very young. There is more and more evidence showing that kids absorb a lot more than assumed at earlier ages. With subtle hints by the parents (which may not necessarily be deliberate), it's easy to influence a thought process early on convincing a child he's living someone else's memories...