# Believing in an afterlife

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**Created:** [August 22, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believing-in-an-afterlife/593719 "2011-08-22T23:48:32Z")\
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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 23, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believing-in-an-afterlife/593719/11 "2011-08-23T04:03:46Z")

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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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