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It may be worth pointing out that, at macro-scales, the Higgs mass of particles comprises a small fraction of the overall mass of matter, most of which is in the binding energy of the atoms.

Let's get the trivia out of the way first - yes, I'm going to deny 'Quantum Science about living in a simulation and consciousness' - quantum science has nothing to say about either living in a simulation or consciousness. As for NDEs, people who are near death sometimes report vivid...

For example?

Not really. After their terms, Presidents often find or are asked to return documents, including classified documents, that must be returned or forwarded to the National Archive. Trump isn't charged with having such documents, but with failing to return them when requested on several occasions...

Ah, there's your problem.

I can't make much sense of that, but a reliable argument is a sound argument, that is, a valid argument (i.e. the conclusion logically follows from the premises), whose premises are true; so, logic is required. That was just a turn of phrase; you can substitute it with, 'redundant entity'. IOW...

It's reasonable to have differing credences for the various interpretations, according to your criteria for likelihood, but not 100% credence to a particular one. That would be an impossible demand. For doubtful claims, it's reasonable to expect evidence beyond reasonable doubt. As Hume said...

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So how much time have you spent learning about brain function and the neuroscience of consciousness?

I'll take that as a 'no'.

Well... no, it isn't. Some similarities can be expected due to similarities in brain physiology and of cultural and religious expectations & beliefs.

It was a simple question. Do you find it difficult to explain?

Do you have a demonstrably better alternative?

In what sense is it the afterlife if they are alive the whole time?

I think, "Unusual or seemingly inexplicable", is a reasonable abbreviation of, "Departing from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature". YMMV. No explanation required, your insulting tone speaks volumes.

Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. There are various qualified meanings of death, e.g. versions of clinical death, versions of brain death, death for legal purposes, and so-on, but these are judgement calls for particular purposes - if the...

Yes; it has conceptual & abstract reality. The only scientific description of quantum physics is a mathematical one. The various 'interpretations' of QM are hypotheses of arguable scientific merit. Proof is for logic, mathematics, and alcohol. A scientific and/or critical thinker looks for...

So roughly, 'unusual or seemingly inexplicable'... It seems odd that rather than simply admitting to ignorance of the nature of some phenomenon they find inexplicable, people will use 'supernatural' as if it was an explanation, with an ontology of imagined causes or agents that they treat as...

Does having unexplained weird feelings really justify invoking physical influences that are not natural? Well, the idea was to clarify what we mean by 'exist', 'real', 'physical', 'natural', & 'supernatural', so logic seemed appropriate.

Not sure what you mean by "make empirical use of". I guess what I'm asking is whether there are mutually coherent and consistent definitions for 'physical', 'natural', 'exist', 'real', and 'supernatural'. ISTM that what is real is what exists; what is physical is what has material reality (as...