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In reply to the discussion: Searching For The Science Behind Reincarnation [View all]nadinbrzezinski
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Talk of reincarnation. But of quantum entanglement. Hell, they were not talking of soul or any of that shit either. To those who believe in the soul I suppose this could be proof though. Though they will be disappointed since none has talked of heaven, hell or punishment of really bad people. We cannot test for that, now can we?
Here is where it gets really weird, imagine if you will a universe with a conscience, an alive critter. This critter expresses itself through intelligent beings. We are those self absorbed intelligent beings on this world. If the way this happens it is at the quantum level, it is possible that these kids brains somehow entangled with whatever form those experiences took. We are talking of quantum computers here. If you will, not unlike the atoms that make the flesh getting recycled into earth worms, and maybe you or I breathing an oxygen particle Napoleon himself took in at the battle of Waterloo. I think those are the odds, if not lower.
The research is deep enough that Carl Sagan did not discount it out of hand in demon haunted world. It deserves more research since it's intriguing. And others, such as Adam Greene, are speaking of this in this way. Life after death and reincarnation, that's for religious types, and philosophers, but what the hell is going on here? And if all these kids are not speaking of people you could readily do research at the local library, sure. I am sure one or two will be given laws of averages. Most are pretty obscure, non related folks that require pretty advanced historical research to find out if they are even close to somebody who lived. It's not Shirley McClain remembering her lives as Carlotta, Mary Antoniette et al. Also, by age six all this tends to go away matching a point in brain development when the computer changes in deep real physiological ways.
Take it a step further, and here is where the potential is really exciting. If all we know at present is correct about the rise of life and intelligence, it is likely we are not alone and this consciousness has other intelligences out there to express itself and find wonder in the universe. Someday we will make contact (if we don't kill ourselves first) if this is happening and a human kid entangles thoughts and experiences from an alien intelligence and vice Versa, it could be a cross pollination if you will. (And fodder for science fiction at present, that contact given present development is nowhere close). So it is a what if.
I will add, this is really at the frontier of science. Most research at the edge ends up going nowhere, but when it does, it changes the very nature of science. Modern science is so complex I like to use a much older example, we are no longer at the center of the universe. It was heresy to think otherwise. If, for whatever reason, we find out these researchers are correct, it has implications for multiple fields outside of physics. It makes the talk of heaven and earth kind of irrelevant in my mind for example.