EVP Research Papers - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

This is a Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) essay answering the question: "What is the best available evidence for the Survival of Human Consciousness after Permanent Bodily Death?" This essay presents an engineer's view of the Survival Hypothesis based on evidence provided by mainstream and parapsychological science addressing consciousness, and lessons learned from the study of Instrumental TransCommunication (ITC).

An example of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) has been offered as "evidence for the Survival of Human Consciousness after Permanent Bodily Death." The example is clearly not mundane, and as an example of trans-etheric influence, does not appear to be explainable with the Super-Psi Hypothesis.

Because the nature of ITC is not well known, a short explanation of EVP is included.

The Two-Mind Solution to the Survival Hypothesis is detailed, beginning with how black box analysis was used to develop a cosmology modeling the implications of survival. That resulting cosmology is referred to as the Implicit Cosmology.

The implication of survival is discussed followed by a brief discussion of alternative models. The importance of the question of survival is addressed.