What Happens When We Die? - TIME

What Happens When We Die? - TIME

Because we're pushing through the boundaries of science, working against assumptions and perceptions that have been fixed. A lot of people hold this idea that well, when you die you die, that's it. Death is a moment, you know you're either dead or you're alive. All these things are not scientifically valid but they're social perceptions.

However, ultimately what matters is, What's going on to a person's mind? What happens to the human mind and consciousness during death? Does that cease immediately as soon as the heart stops? Does it cease activity within the first 2 seconds, the first 2 minutes? Because we know that cells are continuously changing at that time. Does it stop after ten minutes, after half an hour, after an hour? And at this point we don't know.



I was really into this type of question during college.

Sternwheel Festival

Stenwheel-005b, originally uploaded by marietta night photographer.

When I grew up in Marietta, OH, the annual fall Sternwheel Festival was a major event. This photographer has some spectacular photos of this year's fireworks display.

Back home

IMG_0404, originally uploaded by eesley.

Enjoying being back at MIT after a trip down to Duke and then out to Stanford for a conference on tech. entrepreneurship. Also got to see Kristin and Michael while in San Francisco for a night.

Will be here and busy on my job market paper for a while, but then probably at Georgia Tech in Nov. for a conference and back out to San Francisco Jan. 2-5th for the AEA.

This is a photo from a great picnic in Duke Gardens!