Kiya Jackson- Week 2

In An Approach to Prove the Existence of After Life by Analyzing Near Death Experience's Data With Mathematical Logic, researchers argue that there is evidence of the After Life via mathematical logic and concepts of physics. The researchers correlate a few ideas, such as the properties of time and consciousness. The properties of time and consciousness correlate to how memories are significant in both near-death experiences and dreams. The researchers attempt to compare dreams--which are more familiar--to near-death experiences--which are still trying to be understood. I think this article poses very promising conceptual points. For instance, that dreams and near-death experiences are similar: "NDE is a special state of consciousness. And the most common altered state of consciousness experienced who have a NDE and who have not is DREAM. The NDE can be explained by understanding how our brain and memory works, how the brain processes our memory etc. by understanding the types of dreams and how we are dreaming" (3). They especially correlate dreams and NDE's because they both evoke intense emotions that could be related to how we process memories. I agree that dreams are a common altered state that can be compared to NDE's because my dreams are often related to memories and are correlated to emotions. The difficult part about this article was how it suggested that it can be solved via concepts like quantum physics and mathematical concepts of time duration, but didn't necessarily apply the concepts to scientific experiments: "Now, the depth of the dream during NDE, or we can say that the depth of the intensity of consciousness of NDE is higher than any other time of anyone's whole lifetime. Because, at that time a human feels something that is more real than real. But, we can't determine the actual properties (magnitude, depth, and angles of emphasis etc) of any NDE, because our technology or science can't grow up too much to determine that" (5). This made me question the credibility of this article a little bit because the article argues that there is evidence using science. In reality, calculations cannot be made, but rather speculated. I think my perspective has to do greatly with how science-oriented I am. It's not that I don't believe in the continuation of the consciousness after the physical death of the body. Rather, I disagree that the article proves the hypothesis that there is scientific evidence to prove the after life. I think this article challenges how an individual formulates beliefs: based on faith or facts. It makes me wonder how significant the ideas of "seeing is believing" versus "believing is seeing" are in science, spirituality, and other communities.

Question: Can the mathematical equations and variables be applied with scientific data?

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Works Cited:

[Open door with light streaming out. room is surrounded by an image of the sky
     and grass on the floor.]. (n.d.). Retrieved from
     https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/paradise-polled-americans-and-afterlife

Paul, A. K., Devnath, L., & Islam, M. R. (2016). An approach to prove the
     existence of after life by analyzing near death experience's data with
     mathematical logic. Retrieved from http://www.journals.savap.org.pk