2020-08-01, 09:02 AM
I've always been a fan of Cleese and I'm happy to hear about his interest in evidence for consciousness survival. According to this interview, he may be working on a new series or something similar presenting evidence for survival. I can only imagine this will be controversial, but it hopefully means the evidence will enter the mainstream. He's typically a very well-respected guy, unlike Gwenyth Paltrow.
Quote:"My private project, which I haven't told anyone about, [is] I think there is life after death," he tells me over the phone from London. "I don't know anything in detail, but I've seen enough evidence that something goes on, certainly for some people, after they die."
He cites the writings of Bruce Greyson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia and an expert in the field of near-death experiences, as a major influence on his views.
"Once you start reading about that, you begin to realise it may be that consciousness is not produced by the brain," he says. "The brain is like a transmitter. It picks stuff up like a television set; the program's not made inside the set. You see what I mean? If you think the brain might operate more like that, it explains a lot of things that ordinary science can't explain.
"I would like to do a TV series, trying to get people to open up to the idea of a life after death. Nothing to do with religion at all, purely to do with science. Because I think if people feel that something goes on after death, it makes life itself more meaningful."