Do human thoughts live after death?
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yes and no\nyes because  as the previous answer says it lives thru others around us and by the deeds we performed or by our contribution to the society\nno because technically your brain starves to death after app 1.5 min. after you die due to which the nerve endings start disintegrating and decay out followed by the rest of the nerve cells due to which you memory is lost ito dust and thought being the manifestation of your memory it too ceases to exist\n\nyou know as they say the good that one does is buried with him but the evil he brought along    lives on
1180877
NOTHING SPECIAL WILL HAPPIN AFTER WHAT DOESNOT EXIST.............DO U 4 DAT MATTER KNOW WAT VL HAPPIN AFTER WE DIE.OR FOR THAT MATTER R U SURE OF UR DEATH EVEN.......ASK THESE QUESTIONS TO URSELF IST.
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no one can give you the right answer for this because people beleave in different things. it all depends on religion and what you beleave. i think once you die your soul goes to heaven...but if you have unfinshed buisness then your ghost may hang around trying to do what it couldnt do while it was alive.
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Studies were done as far back as 1794. It has been determine that some do not die instantaneously and have conscious thoughts for up to 10 seconds
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Some believe in heaven or hell, some it's reincarnation, some stick around on earth for various reasons.  My opinion is when you die you are gone.
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I believe in the existence of a life after death.But I don't believe that anyone can describe it accurately nor judge on who goes where and why.That is up to someone or something that is beyond our current level of understanding and our only guide is often mistranslated religious texts of various religions that may or may not hold guidance in a better way of life in order to gain a better life after death.but these texts and religious beliefs should never be used to try and judge others or behave with self righteous attitudes carried by self propaganda.
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The existance of an afterlife is something I am so not qualified to answer, since I have only known this one.  I'd hate to burst peoples' bubbles, but i doubt there is a heaven or hell.  So call me a heathen, whatever, I surely believe in some divine creator... But the reason humans invented such ornate tales is to firstly keep people in line.  People do good and hope for reward.  Secondly, they believe so that the loss of a loved one can be comforted.  I feel that people should find their comforts in other ways.  Death is not a tragety really.  People want something to look forward to.  Thirdly, some might say arrogance; that humans are somehow above all other lifeforms and part of them lives for all eternity.  The forth reason people believe in an afterlife is fear.  Death is one of the most feared things, along with pain and failure.  Why is it feared?  Because no one truly knows what happens.  That's why people might cling to religious descriptions, which are also rather vague and hold few actual details.  So, believe whatever you wish my friend, but there's my two cents.
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Yes,Of course! According to various religious beliefs, there is definitely a new life after death. The bodies, after death, will be disposed off, but the life in the body, that is the soul, will be born again in another form, either as an animal or a human being again!. there are various instances wherein,some children have spoken of their earlier life with details,as to what he/she was in the previous birth, the location, parents, aquiatances, etc. On physical verification by impartial bodies, these have been found fully factual, and correct.
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Yes I think there is.\n\nSomeone I know, actually believes that we are born when we die and we die when we are born and we are actually living on rewind.  If you add that in to the idea of reincarnation then the answer to your question is yes.
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a question for the ages !\n\nthere is currently NO complete physical theory on thought ( maybe perhaps because theories are thoughts ! ).\n\nalthough many philosophical theories exist, none can be deemed acceptable scientifically.  \n\nphysically, thought is considered a process of the brain and is based in the electrochemical reactions therein. \n\nthe "experience" of thought is not well understood ( what does it mean to see "blue" for example ).\n\nsome philosophers believe the problem is "intractable" ( unsolvable ) becuase human rationality will never be satisfied with an answer ( i.e. there will always be more questions ).\n\nancient hindu philosophers believed your mind was only a receiver of thoughts that existed independently.  how you"tuned in" into to these infinite floating thoughts in space would comprise of your particular mind.  \n\nalthough theories range from one extreme to another,  a few things can be pinned down :\n\n1.  thought probably occurs in your brain. ( medically disease accurately shows this ) \n\n2.  thought is probably "stored" in the brain ( memories retrieved and amnesia )\n\n3.  thought may not exist at all but may be an illusion to which we assign a word "thought" .  this illusion is actually the process of the elecrohemical reactions themselves. this illusion is abolished when you sleep or are unconscious.  \n\n4. this illusion is called consciousness and is more metaphysical in nature.  ( i.e not a subject for the sciences ).\n\n5. i believe consciousness is a subjective experience which in some individuals opens an infinity of questions and in others be a solved problem ( e.g. state of nirvana or cosmic union ). in other words, its a matter of accepting a belief.\n\n6. i dont think your question can be approach rationally since the question itself is a thought .  in other words,  the answer to what a thought is made of is only another thought and so on ad infinitum.......\n\n7.  you may want to read "the physics of consciousness" for a good scientific survey of your question.\n\n:)
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Good question,one i often think of too.....also where do you go and what are you doing straight after death.?...surely life cannot just be snuffed out...their has to be something else..
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I suspect you know this is true, but you wish it were otherwise.  That is, you don't disagree -- but you'd like to be able to disagree.\n\nI think the statement is completely true.  Death is nothing to the dead -- since they no longer experience anything.  But also, death is nothing to the living:  Since we can only die once and there's absolutely nothing we can do to prevent it, there's nothing to be gained from wondering or worrying about death.
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No. It is true that we are somewhere when we die, but it is not a fact because we cannot probe it scientifically.\n\nIt is true for me because of the things I have seen, but it cannot be a fact because I can't probe it.
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what happens when a person dies?\n\nWhat exchanges old for new, offers no special deals or closeouts, and keeps us coming back for more?\n\n You were. You will be! \nKnow this while you are. \nReincarnation is the natural \nprocess of recycling human energy through \nbirth, growth, decay and death. \nEach rebirth is a link in one's eternal chain \nof latent impressions, thoughts, desires and actions. \nThe soul in its new body is given the opportunity \nto learn from the past, to live the present and to prepare for the future. Reincarnation: Why Believe?Once I have begun to base my sense of ‘who I am’ on perceiving myself as a soul rather than on perceiving only my temporary costume, the body, I deeply realize that, as a being of spiritual energy giving life to the body, I am immortal. I begin to understand that I change bodily costumes just as a snake sheds its skin, but I – the eternal soul – can never die.\n\nDeath and Rebirth\nAt the moment of physical death, the soul withdraws its energy from the organs of the body and vacates its seat in the middle of the forehead. It takes with it the impressions accumulated in that life and enters into the body of an unborn baby, while that new body is still being formed in its mother’s womb. This normally happens between the fourth and fifth month of pregnancy. A human soul only enters a human body. The type of body the soul enters and the conditions of birth are determined by the past actions of the soul in its previous life or lives, and the cumulative account of give and take that it has built up with other souls. Without proper understanding of this process, the leaving of one body and the taking of another is often an experience of great fear and anguish; but the details of the old life are soon obliterated by new experiences so that the soul is not overwhelmed and confused by past memories.\n\nReincarnation: What You Take With You\nBy the time the baby’s body and brain are developed, the soul has all but forgotten the past and become accustomed to its new conditions and to the parents of its new body. However, although the soul cannot usually remember details of its past life or lives, it carries with it—in the form of attitudes, tendencies and personality—the cumulative effect of all that it has experienced and learned. All that is genetically brought to the new life is the physical make-up of the body, the racial type, the colour of eyes, shape of nose and so on. And although the environment in which a child is raised – as well as the personalities of those around the child – definitely exert an influence on the child’s development, its tendencies and reactions to people and events are not biologically generated but are inherent in the soul from previous existences. Those predominant impressions recorded in the past life soon begin to manifest themselves and are expressed in the new surroundings.\n\nRelationship in Other Lifetimes\nHuman life is based on inter–relationships between souls, which in turn are based on the different impressions present in each. These impressions determine the course of life, the nature of the soul’s activities and its physical placement in a particular environment. Thus there is typically a link or an ‘account’ between two souls who have formed a relationship in one lifetime; that link will bring them together again in other lifetimes. This explains why many people have the sense of having met or known a person before, even though they are apparently meeting for the first time. Or they experience meeting someone with the feeling of either attraction or repulsion even though they don’t know them well enough in the current life to have developed those feelings. What is taking place is that the soul is recognizing the other soul – even though they have different bodies – from the last time they met.\n\nReincarnation: Process of Rebirth\nReincarnation is a process of rebirth. With each death comes a new birth an
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depends on what you consider a long time.  there are reports of Near Death Experiences of those who had been dead for hours and then were revived automatically, and they did revive by their soul returning to the body.  Now months or years down the road, not likely, but I wouldn't say impossible.
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Are you seriously expecting that there are people here in Yahoo Answers (or here on Planet Earth for that matter) who KNOW what happens after death? No one knows what happens after you die. People who pretend to know are either charlatans or fools.
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No, there is no life after death, so live your life during life...