"Atheists in the Afterlife: Eight Paths to Life After Death Without God," Author Sea Kimbrell Episode 47
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Guest: Sea Kimbrell, author of "Atheists in the Afterlife: Eight Paths to Life After Death Without God."
If consciousness is created by a brain, there could still be an afterlife. How could that work?
Sea Kimbrell has a JD and a PhD in biology, and is a former Professor of Biology. Sea decided to leave academia because he wanted to spend his time thinking about the big questions in life, not where his next grant was coming from. He currently writes from his home in Kansas. He is author of "Atheists in the Afterlife: Eight Paths to Life After Death Without God."
As an atheist from a secular family he always wondered what could happen after death. Using his knowledge as a scientist, he realized there ARE ways we can survive death that has nothing to do with god, heaven, or religion. While there has been lots of scientific research on survival of consciousness, Sea takes a completely unique approach to this question. Theories such as a Block Universe related to how time is an illusion and the simulation theory are some of the theories that play into his assessment.
Sea and Liz discuss how as two atheists, who think there could be an afterlife, their thoughts are alike and how they differ.
In this episode:
- Sea Kimbrell has a PhD in biology and was a biology professor who took his knowledge to come up with ways there could be an afterlife
- Both Sea and Liz agree that there is (most likely) no god
- Sea defines a god as a conscious being who could break laws of physics
- But could there be other laws of physics in other dimensions
- If there was a being that defied the laws, it would make more sense to reevaluate the laws of physics than assume there is a god
- Physicists do not understand time
- Time could play into a way there could be a type of afterlife
- The Block Universe is one way there could be an afterlife
- Of the 8 possibilities to life after death Sea wrote about, which does he think is most likely?
- Which is leads likely?
- Are we possibly living in a simulation?
- Do we have free will?
- What does Sea think about reincarnation?
- The Einstein Twin Experiment and the mystery of time
- The research of Drs. Ian Stevenson and Jim Tucker on kids with past life memories
- Sea came up with unique philosophical and scientific ways there could be an afterlife different than the typical research
- How have people in the scientific community responded to his book? There is a lot of stigma on afterlife topics.
- Quantum Entanglement and Spooky Action could add to evidence of an afterlife
- Shadow People and the Brane Theory of Dr. Stephen Hawking
- Is there a 9th theory Sea would add?
- The Branch Theory
- Infinite Universe Theory
- Dr. Stuart Hameroff and Sir Roger Penrose who won Nobel Prizes and worked with Dr. Stephen Hawking have done research that could explain survival of consciousness
- Could anything convince Sea that there definitely is an afterlife?
- Could Liz be convinced there isn't?
... and more
Notes and Resources:
Block Universe Theory
Brane
Brian Greene
Double Slit Experiment
DOPS: Division of Perceptual Studies
Hubble Telescope
Dr. Ian Stevenson
Dr. Jim Tucker
Lisa Randall
Membrane Theory
Michio Kaku
Quantum Entanglement
Shadow People - Stephen Hawking
Simulation Theory
Spooky Action
String Theory
Twin Paradox - Einstein
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