Scientific explanation about that ? Or personal opinion ?
Because who know, not me and probably not Descartes indeed
Yeah, great 6 months life could be true and better than 100 years of sad as hell life
(matter of tastes, obviously)
Oh, that's science. But since my experience of this forum is that neither science nor logic seems in high esteem, I'll refrain from going too deep into this subject here. In short: Descartes did not have access to the medical equipment used today. If he had, he probably would have come to the same conclusion. (This is not a statement about the existence of a soul, nor what happens at or after the time of death, it's about the inseparability of body and soul).
Yes, but the goal of a game (usually anyway) is to beat it and at "the end" (conclusion if you will) is where the player and MC goes separate ways. In this game the story is inconclusive and the player loses agency well before that.
Depends on your view of consciousness as there's a good claim that consciousness as we define it isn't human based but cultural. The Engrams further muddle the picture as they are an amoeba-esque budding of yourself from yourself and the Engram has ever bit as valid a claim to being the "real" you as you do.
If you're looking for immortality, you're just as likely to be "you" as the engram as the body that is also you.
I mean, Cyberpunk 2020 is a gameworld that doesn't discount the supernatural. It's entirely possible you can talk to a Blackwall AI and they'll explain, "Oh yeah, I discovered God and the afterlife last month. Turns out they abandoned humanity ages ago for Proxima Centauri." They are transcendent advanced beings as far above us as we are above ants.
If a soul could be discovered and is real or not, they know for sure.
I'm not discussing consciousness, nor self awareness, but soul and its inseparability from the body. The brain is not only a set of neurological pathways but also integral with an endocrinal system working in conjunction.
The supernatural still needs rules and the game uses several sets of rules depending on unknown requirements (the relic grants Johnny a new body but does not let V re-inhabit his/her own), which is quite distasteful.
Science is what we can prove, believing or wanting, it is not.