A Paper That Changes My Anticipation Of Death And What It'll Be, If Anything

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http://www.naturalism.org/philosophy/death/death-nothingness-and-subjectivity

Have you ever read that? He’s a naturalist that presents a non-dualistic case for existing after death. It’s quite intriguing and compelling I think. If you take the time to grasp it fully. He uses a thought experiment to show that being not there after death is unlikely. That if nothingness was after death, then your death would have to be consistent with the whole universe and reality ending as well.

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