Atheist and agnostic views on reincarnation and consciousness

Ben I would say not. Since conciousness is a result of the activity of complex molecular interplay and that when deacy occurs after death the structure that supports conciousness is destroyed irrevocbly.

Ben Consciousness requires a physical structure as well. Once the physical structure decays your consciousness is at an end. I assume you are trying to establish a consciousness seperate from the physical structure that houses it and thus open the possibilty of consciousness that can take residence in another brain with a similar structure for consciousness?

Ben The two physically similar systems are called brains so, yes, we would call them the same. But this is not odd at all since consciousness, being a function of the brain, will arise in any such structure. Thus, each new person has the potential for achieving consciousness as a result of possesing a brain. Reincarnation { the rebirth of a person in a new body after death} is not something I would apply here since you also make it clear that the "I" would not reincarnate.Edited by sidelined, : No reason given.