A New Model Regarding the Survival of Consciousness After Death

Abstract

The greatest philosophical issue facing all sentient beings is one that seeks an answer to the eternal question “What happens to human consciousness at the point of death?” There is considerable anecdotal evidence and numerous conflicting theological and philosophical proposals, but none propose a model based on both known and theoretical science that reflects the anecdotal evidence. The model known as “Cheating the Ferryman” (CTF) attempts to present such a model. This paper gives a detailed analysis of the CTF model with a request for objective peer-analysis of the arguments presented.

Keywords:

• Near-death experiences
• Déjà vu
• cheating the Ferryman
• quantum mechanics
• holographic universe theory

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1 https://neurosciencenews.com/life-event-review-18617/.

2 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/08/20/my-near-death-experience.

3 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/08/20/my-near-death-experience.

4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2005/08/03/tony_kofi_interview_feature.shtml.

5 Isotopes are atoms with the same number of protons but differing numbers of neutrons. In other words, isotopes have different atomic weights. Isotopes are different forms of a single element.

6 For an excellent visual introduction to the mystery of the Double-Slit Experiment check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1YqgPAtzho.

7 From his lecture “The Beginning of Time”. http://www.hawking.org.uk/the-beginning-of-time.html.

8 It may be of significance that Wheeler was Hugh Everett III’s PhD tutor and guided Everett in the creation of his Many Worlds Interpretation.

9 For an extensive discussion on the amplituhedron read Natalie Wolchover’s article “A Jewel at the Heart of Physics” in Quanta magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-discover-geometry-underlying-particle-physics-20130917.