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Why materialists struggle with consciousness after death

I don't believe in souls but when I look at photos of my dead mother I can't shake the feeling that she's somehow still experiencing something.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The persistent intuition that consciousness continues after death conflicts with rational materialist understanding of mind and brain.

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