No, you misunderstood
Theorising that atoms are made of smaller components was not only possible, but documented long before it could be proven. There was a good basis for a theory and it received the proper attention.
What basis is there to theorise the existence of a soul via the medium of 'near-death experience'? Individual testimony? Talk about an unreliable witness... you must be kidding me.
Why bother trying to prove the soul exists, or not? It's just faith. It has no basis in science at all.
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chart cat has an itch, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 14:07,
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I myself do not know what benefit could be gained
from discovering there is a soul.
However, I am not Stephen Hawking, or Richard Dawkins or whoever.
At the same time, I don't know why we need to know whether or not the Higgs Boson exists to be honest. However, just because I do not understand as well as more educated people, doesn't mean that I am against them searching. To be honest, my life would not change one way or the other if it were proven or disproved that people have souls. But I will not tell people what to search for and what not to!
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 14:15,
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