RE: Lifespan extension and the existence of soul
Crosby_M (Crosby_M@bls.gov)
Fri, 16 May 1997 15:24:08 -0400
Rick Knight wrote:
<I've been recently taken with the notion that it would be quite
ironic that right about the time we cinch the mortality issues and can
extend physical human life indefinitely through our technology, we
will also have discovered a spectrum of energy that could/will be
defined as consciousness or, more classically, the soul.>
Synchronistically interesting: I just finished reading the online
excerpts from physicist/author Fred Alan Wolf's 9611 book, _The
Spiritual Universe: How Quantum Physics proves the Existence of the
Soul_, which you can find at
http://www.hia.com/hia/fredwolf/su-home.htm
I found Wolf's notions appalling, to put it politely, but it's
definitely along the lines you mentioned.
Mark Crosby