evidence for reincarnation and past life memories?

[David Dalton]

Is there yet any solid evidence for reincarnation and/or
past life memories?

In the movie Little Buddha the boy recognizes a rice bowl
that supposedly belonged to him in his most recent past
life. Is that based on fact?

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[Bob Casanova]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:12:04 -0230, the following appeared
in sci.skeptic, posted by David Dalton <dal...@nfld.com>:

>Is there yet any solid evidence for reincarnation and/or
>past life memories?

No.

>In the movie Little Buddha the boy recognizes a rice bowl
>that supposedly belonged to him in his most recent past
>life. Is that based on fact?

Depends. If by "fact" you mean that someone claims without
evidence to remember a past life, yes. If by "fact" you mean
there's evidence that the claim is true, then no.
--

Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

- Isaac Asimov

[David Dalton]

In article <el2q09pn7k09bagja...@4ax.com>,

Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:12:04 -0230, the following appeared
> in sci.skeptic, posted by David Dalton <dal...@nfld.com>:
>
> >Is there yet any solid evidence for reincarnation and/or
> >past life memories?
>
> No.
>
> >In the movie Little Buddha the boy recognizes a rice bowl
> >that supposedly belonged to him in his most recent past
> >life. Is that based on fact?
>
> Depends. If by "fact" you mean that someone claims without
> evidence to remember a past life, yes. If by "fact" you mean
> there's evidence that the claim is true, then no.

I asked the same questions on some Hindu and Buddhist
newsgroups and Wilson replied with:

The Division of Perceptual Studies is a unit of the Department of
Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia, it
was founded as a research unit of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine
at UVA by Dr. Ian Stevenson in 1967.

Utilizing scientific methods, the researchers within The Division of
Perceptual Studies investigate apparent paranormal phenomena, especially
Children Who Claim to Remember Previous Lives.

http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/psychiatry/sections
/cspp/dops

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(Bill Bourne)

[Bob Casanova]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:57:53 -0230, the following appeared

It should be pointed out that, despite some of the claims
that the subjects "could have no way of knowing" about such
things as events which happened to others, there is in fact
no evidence that this is correct; they have only the
testimony of the subjects and the subjects' family. And
relying on testimony (hearsay) is *not* scientific; only
objective evidence can scientifically establish such a
critical point. And it doesn't matter that this is being
conducted by a university department unless you think appeal
to authority is a valid scientific process.

[Bob Casanova]

On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:21:12 -0700, the following appeared
in sci.skeptic, posted by Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off>:

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