Reincarnation Hypothesis

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Reincarnation

A weird idea of much interest is that of reincarnation. What is reincarnation? Some say it's the fact that a person's soul lives without a body and throughout the years possesses different bodies. Is this true or is reincarnation the result of a mentally unstable person's vivid imagination or even the result of cryptomnesia, when a person takes something they have heard or seen, forgets about ever hearing or seeing it and then remembers the event(s) as happening in another life. These three hypothesizes each seem plausible in there own right. With the help of the SEARCH method it will be shown which hypothesis fits best.
Hypothesis 1: When a person dies the soul undergoes …show more content…

(3)Scope.
The hypothesis has a small scope. Cryptomnesia only explains that what was thought was reincarnation was really just forgotten facts. (4)Simplicity. The hypothesis is simple in the fact that it is known that some people experience cryptomnesia and claim they have experienced reincarnation. (5)Conservation.
The hypothesis is consistent with well-founded beliefs. As previously said people are known to experience cryptomnesia and claim they have experienced reincarnation. Of the three hypothesizes the third and final one seems the best. This conclusion also takes into account that almost every case of reincarnation has been proven to be the work of cryptomnesia. It is also true that insane people may think they were reincarnated, but these cases represent a small part of those that claim to have experienced reincarnation. There is also that case of
Jenny Cockell which seems to prove that reincarnation exists. That may be true but these cases are too small to warrant the conclusion. I am not trying to say any of these hypothesizes are right and the others wrong. I am only stating from my research and the available data that my hypothesis on cryptomnesia seems

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