What If We Discover Life After Death?

Death and the possibility of an afterlife have fascinated artists, philosophers, and scientists throughout history. Fear, hope, dread ... these are all things we might feel when we ponder what happens to us after we die. But what does science actually know about the afterlife? If we knew that we went somewhere after we died, would we lead better lives? Or would we shrug off our earthly responsibilities, knowing that death wasn't the end?

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