Is There a System of Reincarnation?

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For a lot of theists, i've debated and talked to, this sense of cosmic court house in the next life. It feels like if that doesn't exist, then what hitler got away with it,. Thats just the way it goes. There's no cosmic settlement later. I think i much prefer some, you know, the buddhist er system of reincarnation - which is a far more healthy way of looking at death. In that religion, you're almost wanting to end the cycle. You in a constant cycle of of reincarnation but when you reach enlightenment and te cyces and so that you' put to rest.

Shermer and Ward discuss: religious immortality • Church of Perpetual Life in Florida • what it means to live forever • why lives have doubled in length the past century • Stein’s Law: things that can’t go on forever won’t • Why do we age and die? • how to live to 100, 1000, 10,000 years • escape velocity to reach immortality • Aubrey de Grey’s program • tech billionaires programs • transhumanists/extropians • diet, exercise, supplements, stem cells, telomeres, and other aging hacks • Ray Kurzweil • cryonics • nanotechnology • brain preservation • mind uploading and digital immortality • Ernest Becker and Terror Management Theory

Peter Ward is a British business and technology reporter whose reporting has taken him across the globe. Reporting from Dubai, he covered the energy sector in the Middle East before earning a degree in business journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His writing has appeared in Wired, The Atlantic, The Economist, GQ, BBC Science Focus, and Newsweek.