Here is my 2 cents worth. I beleve the
simulation hypothesis and the case against materialism can best be defended by
theoretical physics. Theoretical physics does not rule out the possibility of an afterlife (
multiverse) or the survival of brain function after death (
quantum immortality). Through
quantum decoherence and
quantum superposition, the idea of
parallel universes offers the best possibility for the existence of a parallel universe acting as a person's afterlife universe when death occurs. As derived from the
Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics, it is theoretically possible a living person to exist in superposition in a parallel universe (including their mental states and electrical discharges occurring throughout their brain and nervous system). Many-Worlds views reality as a many-branched tree where every possible quantum outcome is realized including the possibility of branches to universes that doesn't lead to a living person's death. Theoretically, this makes it possible for a living person to continue living in a parallel universe when the person dies in this current universe.
Quantum mechanics provides undeniable, mathematical proof that everything we know and experience works in fundamentally bizarre ways. Matter is 99% empty space and quantum particles are zero-dimensional points.
Time travel into the future is possible at high speeds. Quantum information can
teleport through impenetrable walls. Quantum particles can exist in two places at the same time and change their behavior when there is a conscious observer. "
Delayed choice quantum eraser experiments" performed in 2000 (and afterward) strongly demonstrates mental observation and choice is deeply rooted in quantum mechanics. Without mental observation, all matter exists in an
undetermined state of probability, time has no real existence, and space is just a concept we use to make sense of things. We experience time as obvious and straightforward; but each moment of mental function contains a different set of memories and experiences and it wouldn’t matter if our timeline is completely scrambled.
Rather than a constant flow of experience, mental states can be broken up in intervals or time-quanta of 0.042 seconds, each of which make up one moment of
neural substrate. Each state consists of a certain amount of
quantum information which can theoretically be stored on a hard drive for example; and there is much progress ongoing
this technology. But the current
string theory interpretation of the
holographic principle defines our universe existing as a
hologram -- a two-dimensional structure where all the quantum information we perceive in three dimensions is stored. First proposed by the emminent physicist
David Bohm (author of
Bohmian mechanics and the
holonomic brain theory), a
holographic universe can theoretically encode every quantized moment of our existence and experiences from the universe. This holographic model of reality allows for phenomena considered "paranormal" such as
near-death experiences, other phenomena
involving life after death, and
mental telepathy for example. The universe as a single hologram also solves the mystery of
quantum entanglement which Einstein called "
spooky actions from a distance."
The
materialist model of conventional science is based on the old paradigm of Newtonian
classical mechanics and is fundamentally flawed. At its core, it intentionally ignores the fundamental component of existence - the nature of consciousness -- even though the pioneers of quantum mechanics demonstrated and believed that consciousness has a definite role in creating reality. Mainstream materialist theories of consciousness use classical mechanics in assuming consciousness is produced from "goo". So they focus particularly on complex computation at synapses in the brain allowing communication between neurons. But because
quantum vibrations have been discovered in
microtubules in the brain, a theory developed by the emminent physicist
Roger Penrose known as
Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR), which allows for a person's
quantum consciousness to exist in the multiverse, has garnered significant support. At death, the quantum information processed inside these microtubules doesn’t disappear. Instead, is retained on the edge of the
event horizon of the
singularity from which our universe projected; thereby allowing the information to be retrieved after death.
One of the fundamental laws in physics, the
first law of thermodynamics, states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed - only transformed. This law supports all these theories (
Many-Worlds, a
holographic universe, and
quantum consciousness) that a person and their quantum energy cannot be destroyed and is immortal. These theories, including the simulation hypothesis, demonstrate how the old materialist paradigm will someday soon be on its way out.