Death and the Search for Meaning in the Afterlife
About this episode:
Sebastian Junger is the bestselling author of Tribe, War, Freedom, A Death in Belmont, Fire, and The Perfect Storm, and codirector of the documentary film Restrepo, which was nominated for an Academy Award.
Shermer and Junger discuss: near-death experiences • out-of-body experiences • hallucinations • altered states of consciousness • sensed presence effect • sleep paralysis • why there is no “proof” of an afterlife • living forever • belief in life after death • empirical truths vs. mythic truths • longevity and how to live longer.
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