Debating Death: Is It Really the End?

14 May 2014
Angela Bonavoglia

Last week, four scientific big thinkers settled into their seats on stage at NYC’s Kaufmann Center to debate this provocative proposition for NPR’s Open to Debate formerly known as Intelligence Squared U.S.. They would be discussing this proposition from a purely scientific, not a religious point of view, wrestling with the fundamental question of whether or not consciousness is totally contingent on a functioning human brain.