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Atheists/agnostics of Lemmy, do you believe in the existence of souls? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you do, then what exactly defines a soul in your view?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is 0 scientific evidence that consciousness has anything to do with our brains. Much to the contrary actually.

Source? Everything I’ve read on the topic suggests that it’s everything to do with the brain - damaged brain = no consciousness, even if the rest of the body fine.

Its the only indivisible and irreducible thing in the universe that we ever found. Consciousness just is.

Elementary particles would like a word.