“There's nothing after death—consciousness just ends”
Agree
- Brain death means experience ends
- No evidence for consciousness without biology
- Occam's razor favors non-existence
- Near-death experiences are brain chemistry
- Wanting afterlife doesn't make it real
Disagree
- Consciousness might transcend physical form
- Energy can't be created or destroyed
- Near-death experiences feel profoundly real
- We can't know what we can't experience
- Every culture independently believes in continuation
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