This is a follow up question. Memory is a physical phenomenon of the brain. In simplistic terms it is an arrangement of synapses between nerves. If the synapse is lost then so is the memory. If the nerve dies so do all memories that involved that nerve. Strokes, aneurisms, head trauma, surgery, disease, and cancer can all kill nerve cells and damage part of the brain. Death kills the entire brain.
There is even a cluster of cells located on the side of you cerebrum refered to as grandmother cells. If these cells are damaged you will never recognize another face in your entire life. Not even your own face.
If the soul is seperate from the physical being, and memory is a function of the physical being, then how can memory follow you to the afterlife?
2006-08-11
15:04:24
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Jason B
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