dead people's books

religion says the spirit never dies it only separates from body. this is strange situation but if the spirit is alive after death and if there was way to communicate and dead people wrote books that got published would you read them? my friends think dead people's books business is just good marketing to sell books to people who believe in paranormal but if science can prove it can be done what would then your reaction be? would you read it or be scared to death?

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Same and eternal...

Do you ever think that life after death may be the eternal replay of the life we live in this life? Is that the fundamental essence of life?

To live it in the most fulfilling and happy way we can because if we don't we'll end up living the same unhappy life over and over again? Is that the meaning of life? or...death??

Is it really possible to take control of one's life and make it "happy" ?

Doesn't anyone have a problem with the idea of a life after death being the exact same repeat of life before death?

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Fake Osama bin Laden's death

Obama, Brown, Merkel, Sarkozy, Zapatero, Berlusconi and Netanyahu make public statements that Osama Bin Laden is officially dead and leave it up to him to prove this otherwise. With some luck Osama will make the crucial mistake that will lead to his capture or real death. I suggest our leaders produce good fake visual material to prove Osama bin Laden's death. I see no problem killing anyone with Photoshop or other video editing software. After all, why use the technology only to prove the existence of weapons of mass destruction which don't exist and not for the fake killing of dangerous people who are still alive?

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Michael Were You OK?

We'll miss you although your work stays forever. Annie's OK Michael. Were you OK Michael? Every time I watch your videos I wonder whether you were truly happy in your life when you were not dancing. We loved your dancing genius. Forever, Michael!

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Mind slaves

Imagine that in the very long term (2050 and beyond) technology will allow people to link their brains to the machine world, perhaps using nanotech implants connected to each synapse to relay brain activity to a high speed neural replica hosted by a computer. When this technology matures, people will do wonderful things such as using machine sensors as extensions to their own capabilities. They will use android bodies to move around and experience distant places and activities as if they were there in person.

But here's the scary part to all this

People may not be able to die completely. If their body is an irrelevance, and there are many restore points from which they can be recovered, friends, family, or even the state might keep them 'alive' as long as they are useful.

And depending on the law, they might even become a form of slave labour, their minds used for information processing or creativity whether they wish it or not. It has often truly been noted that there are worse fates than death.

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Where to, everybody, where to?

I have the perverse habit, or morbid curiosity if you like, to read obituaries. They are our dead, found each day on the back page of the newspaper. There they are, all gathered, a squad of fresh explorers, heading into the great unknown. New faces, names and personal histories come and go on the obits every single day. Unlike a cemetery, where stones never change, the obits get restocked daily. They remind me of the evanescent quality and fleeting image of our lives. A minute browsing through the obits can be just as educational, if not more, than a visit to the church or local cemetery. Where to, everybody, where to?

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Life insurance on the dead

Have you seen Ghost the movie? My idea is to insure people who are afraid someone they know who died will come back to life to haunt them. It's not fair that only the dead can play tricks on those alive. The alives and their families should be insured against people who can cause harm even after they die!

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"Near Death" experiences

Many people around the world have claimed to have "near death" experiences where they died and went to Heaven before returning to their bodies. Why is it that none of them ever visited Hell before returning to their bodies? Hearing these stories makes us imagine what it's like up there but they're all so one-sided. Just a thought..

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Wasting your time versus wasting your Life

Lying on my death bed, I probably won't be thinking I wasted a lot of time in my life. I will probably be thinking I wasted a lot of my life. If for every time I was advised not to waste time, I could have been told 'don't waste your life' instead, perhaps I wouldn't be making these thoughts right now. Of course, I am not dead yet, I got to finish typing those words first :)

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Questioning our social habits

I've often wondered why our thought process is backwards in the ways we celebrate funerals and weddings. You would think that monetary gifts would be given in times of death when it's needed more since the income of a family has decreased. Instead, however, we give monetary gifts in times of marriage even though the family's income has increased.

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Live forever on Facebook

If you can't remove your profile on Facebook, what happens to it after you die? It stays there and no one updates it. No one will even know you died unless someone posts your death notice somewhere. I can imagine the perfect application for Facebook, one that maintains and updates people's profiles after they die. It will send gifts, accept friend requests, send new friend requests, use other applications etc. The name of this new application? Eternal! And you can install it on your profile any time, even after you die, no problem, your lack of privacy continues to be respected on Facebook after death :)

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afterlife stories

so many difference religions and so many believes about after life. Buddhists believe in reincarnation, nirvana , Christians believe there is heaven and hell. When you come to the thought that your life will end one day what do you think the after life is going to be?

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Uncaged shark feeding accident. Who's to blame?

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 28 February 2008 by member leslie

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I just read about a fatal accident that happened with a tourist that paid to swim among sharks. Many companies lately offer clients the opportunity for uncaged encounters with tiger sharks and great hammerheads, particular species which are known to Attack humans! They basically throw fish and meat into the water to attract a group of sharks and they then dive into the water to get very close to them. This is a dangerous activity.

Usually when a shark will attack a surfer or people swimming near a beach the authorities will try and locate the shark and kill it so that it doesn't attack again. In the case of uncaged shark feeding where people invite the sharks and deliberately swim with them unprotected who is to blame? Should the shark that made the attack be located and exterminated? Or should the companies that offer this service be sued?

I am also curious if the customers/tourists are asked to sign before they try this activity that they recognize this is an extreme and dangerous sport therefore the company devolves all responsibility if an attack happens! This is Crazy!!! What do you think?