I think
That we're no different to any other life form - cells, molecules and all that stuff. All of them change over time - nothing disappears as such but simply changes state. So it makes sense that when we die we change state - rot. Or burn. Either way, that's it in the same way that it is for a rose or a leaf.

However, what about the stuff we can't quantify? Our thoughts and brain activity? It's electrical impulses (I'm on dodgy ground here as I'm no scientist) but where does that energy go? All the other stuff gets converted but what about the stuff we can't see?
I can't see electricity but I know it's there.
I'm sure there is a rational explanation for this - I certainly don't think there is some afterlife - as nice as that might be I think this is it and once it's done, it's done.
But still...where does all that energy in our heads go?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:12, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

All that energy is reduced to heat and radiates away.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:14, Reply)

You're probably right
but the complexities of that energy...all that it's capable of...and just turned into heat?

Isn't that also suspiciously close to some primitive religions that worship the sun?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:17, Reply)

Woshipping the Sun makes a hell of a lot more sense than most modern religions to me
My argument is three-fold:

There is proof the Sun exists.
The Sun's existence is beneficial to us.
I like ice lollies.
(TheColonel, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:23, Reply)

I'm with you there
the Sun is the most important thing we've got, let's worship it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:30, Reply)

I'd rather worship the Daily Telegraph.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:42, Reply)

Today a young man on acid realised that all matter
is just energy condensed to a slow vabration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:17, Reply)

Showed relentless to four friends the other night.
Another four converts.
(TheColonel, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Explain, explain, explain!
Film? Sounds fascinating!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:28, Reply)

'Relentless'
is a standup comedy DVD by comedian Bill Hicks.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:30, Reply)

Oh!
I like the bits of Hicks I've seen but I wouldn't have known the name of the DVD. Intelligent but cynical man and sometimes too many US references for me.
I'll torrent buy it.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:37, Reply)

I thought you meant the energy drink

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:41, Reply)

Good man!
Bill Hicks was a genius, sadly died too young.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:29, Reply)

I agree.
I don't like to band that word about too often but he was a brilliant man.
(TheColonel, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:35, Reply)

I think someone on here once said when you die you die
and likened it to being unconscious, which really stuck with me because he/she was right, when you're unconscious you don't feel anything and you have no memory of it when you wake up, so it's probably like that.

But I still want to come back as a panther.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:18, Reply)

a sex panther?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:22, Reply)

60% of the time
It works every time.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:24, Reply)

It smells like Bigfoot's dick!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:26, Reply)

that doesn't make sense

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:41, Reply)

It's a reference to Anchorman
Which is a slightly surreal comedy film
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:46, Reply)

it stings the nostrils

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:48, Reply)

I believe she was quoting a line from the same scene

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:52, Reply)

I are mistaken
Oops
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:55, Reply)

pwnt

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 12:10, Reply)

I hear...
It's illegal in nine countries
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:27, Reply)