Is There Life After Death? Michael Shermer vs Michael Egnor
For as long as we’ve been able to ask big questions, humans have wondered: is there life after death? Religion has long offered an answer—promising that death is not the end, but a gateway to something more.
Today, a new idea is emerging from Silicon Valley. Tech visionaries are promoting transhumanism—the belief that if an afterlife doesn’t exist, perhaps it can be built. Through AI, robotics, and nanotechnology, they hope to transcend biology and digitally preserve the human mind.
But is this the future of humanity, or just high-tech science fiction?
Piers Morgan hosts a debate between neurosurgeon Michael Egnor, who is convinced that consciousness exists beyond our mortal bodies, and Michael Shermer, who is far more skeptical.
Watch the discussion here: