/sci/ - Science & Math

So I've been arguing with my friend, who is a firm believer in reincarnation, trying to disprove his claims.But he makes a solid case. If matter cannot be created nor destroyed, and you have infinity amount of time, would it not be possible to be "born again"?

When the parts you are made up of fail to compound consciousness into a coherent structure.
People who have temporarily died in a peaceful environment often report a feeling of intense relief, followed by awe and ultimately warmth, unconditional love and relaxation. This has been hypothesized to be a result of the release of endogenous DMT by the brain.
After this occurs, consciousness is basically a non-experience until, as an inevitable result of the recycling of materials in a chaotic and infinite universe, a new being with comprehensible thought is formed. Whether this new being is actually you reincarnated or not is a non-question, because, even now, sitting behind your computer, with coherent thought after coherent thought, with a rich life of passions, love, fear, pain, anger, laughter, there is no "you".