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Longer than decades. The concept of a soul can be traced back to Descartes. Not long after his discovery, which to be fair, was logical, we discovered that injuries to the brain can, in certain situations, change someone's entire personality.
This quite literally disproves the idea that the 'soul' of...
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Best answer: Longer than decades. The concept of a soul can be traced back to Descartes. Not long after his discovery, which to be fair, was logical, we discovered that injuries to the brain can, in certain situations, change someone's entire personality.
This quite literally disproves the idea that the 'soul' of who you are is ever present, unchanging, and eternal. There's only one element of consciousness that's eternal, and that's the electricity within your brain, firing even as you read these words. Our brains can only sustain this energy for a time, before decaying. When we die, said energy goes back from whence it came.
But it doesn't have your brain structure anymore, yet another detail provided by science, that is the reason why everyone is a different person. Even twins. Our brain's structure is unique, and once it's gone, YOU are gone. The energy that powered your existence may eventually go back into another human, but it won't be you.
This is why the idea of a brain structure that's indestructible is so appealing. If you can preserve the brain, you can preserve your existence. Religion is not going to get us to a society that can prolong a person's mind well past a century. Science is. If you really think putting a dollar in the pity plate every sunday is going to stop you from dying, you are certifiably stupid.