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Scientist Claims Proof Of Afterlife is interesting. According to the article, "What happens after we die -- do we continue on or is this life the end? Many of us hope there is an afterlife, and now some Arizona scientists say they have proof through their afterlife experiments." The article goes on with statements like this, "Almost anyone who sees the data says there's something real here," and "When you look at the totality of the data from our laboratory, the simplest explanation is actually that survival of consciousness is real."

The article describes one experiment. A Medium (someone who can communicate with dead people) comes into the lab and does a reading on a typical person. Within seconds the medium is talking to dead relatives of that typical person. In particular, the dead mother is able to tell the medium that there is carrot cake and some peanuts in the house of the subject.

As I read this, I was left with three questions:

• If this is true, why don't these mediums immediately start contacting people who would have useful information to share? Let's be honest -- it is hard to get excited by peanuts and carrot cakes. Why not contact Albert Einstein? Surely, since his death several decades ago, he's come up with a couple of new theories. His death should have given him the time and perspective to really open things up in his thinking. Why not talk to Black Beard and find out where his treasure was buried?
  
  
• The ability to talk to the dead could revolutionize the American legal system. Dead people should now be able to give their side of the story in every murder case, and offer details to make conviction of the murderer easy. Now we should be able to know for sure whether OJ did it or not.
  
  
• I'd like to think that dead people would have some new "special abilities" and would be able to see into both the past and the future. That means that these mediums can ask about tomorrow's winning lottery numbers and make a killing.

It will be interesting to watch this story develop...