XPost: alt.paranormal.reincarnation   
   From: duke_of_diddly@hotmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:20:21 -0500, "Roger Ruffner"   
    wrote:   
      
   >I, too, have encountered the theory that our brains/bodies may just be   
   >transmitters/receivers between the physical planes of existance and some   
   >other dimensional existance.   
   >   
   >While it is a legitimate theory, it stacks up the same way as anything else   
   >that does not have enough evidence to support it, ie, conjecture.   
      
   As they say, anything is possible.   
      
   If the "transmitter/receiver" hypothesis is popular, I suspect that   
   its because the idea that our self-consciousness/self-identity/souls   
   are just the product of processes in our brain, and when our brain   
   ceases to function, so do we, is very troubling to most of us.   
   >   
   >It seems to be more important to build bombs and entertainment centers than   
   >it does to find out these basic answers to the questions of existance.   
   >Certainly there is more money in it.   
      
   Also, most of us don't want to think about the prospect that when we   
   die and our brains stop funtioning, we are no more. And so we develop   
   hypotheses like the "transmitter/receiver" one to harmonize what we   
   believe to be scientific fact about our brains with what we want to   
   believe about the immortality of our souls, and then we try to avoid   
   thinking about it much more. Which is where the entertainment centers   
   come in.   
      
   Jerry   
      
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