Posted by Penn Jillette at 1cust128.tnt33.dca5.da.uu.net on May 02, 2004 at 13:34:39:
In Reply to: Re: Here's a philosophical challenge, grasshopper. posted by 44986 on May 02, 2004 at 13:29:18:
: : ...except for individuals who make statements like these which is based in a decision to believe something which can not ever be proven.
: I'll have proof when i'm dead, which is too late to show anybody else, unfortunately
He made a pact with his wife that, if there were an afterlife, he'd find a way to contact her. Houdini's response is still pending, but if you want to break some new ground in the understanding of life and death, you could always set something like this up for yourself.