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The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2024
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Wishful thinking. This is not science. Science requires testable hypotheses and objective measures.
We should not invest in this area. I’m not saying there aren’t truths in a sense, rather, it is beyond the limits of our capacity to extract the knowledge. The scientific method does not apply here, so how do we propose to obtain these truths?
For the truly inquisitive: fear not, for you too will experience death and as much as everyone else will, which is to say, that when death comes you will not be there to experience it.
Absolutely. Science cannot answer philosophical or existential questions.
When I read these articles, even when they are a pleasure to read such as this one, I have reservations. It’s important that we remember the purpose and methodology of science. We must ask ourselves what we wish to achieve. To apply science to this subject is inappropriate.
By all means let’s study the brain, but we should not attempt to study after death experience IMHO.
How is this any different form studying the distant stars or the origin of the universe? Science should try to understand everything, because we don't know what we don't know.