I'm amazed that anyone who's experienced how powerfully a simple chemical can influence their own awareness could think for a second that we continue when our brains have ceased to function. Take a powerful mind altering drug. Take lots of it. Take note of how completely it alters your state of consciousness. Then ask yourself if there will be anything of "you" left after those neurons that "you're" composed of -- the ones whose function was altered when you took a drug -- die and end up as little more than a meal for some thankless bacteria.I've met people who found it liberating to come to the conclusion that we just end when we die. I wish I did, too.