# Afterlife Belief Poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afterlife-belief-poll/593290>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 19, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afterlife-belief-poll/593290 "2011-08-19T06:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afterlife-belief-poll/593290/57 "2011-08-24T23:03:53Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> Are you talking about another thread? I just did a search, and you’ve only posted twice in this thread: the post I am quoting, and your reply to **2ManyTacos**.

My mistake. It was in another current afterlife thread. Specifically [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14171427&postcount=11).

I’ll quote it again here:

> [@Believing in an afterlife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believing-in-an-afterlife/593719/11):
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> Consciousness is an emergent property of the physical brain. When the brain dies, consciousness ends. It’s like light coming from a light bulb. If the bulb is broken, there is no more light. It doesn’t “go” anywhere, it just stops being produced.

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