Dr. Jim Tucker's Narrative Of The Reincarnated Childhood?

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Dr. Ian Stevenson, a researcher on reincarnation, identified consciousness as a separate entity from the body that can be continued onto the afterlife and is verifiable in children. The video focuses on a case study done by Dr. Ian Stevenson’s mentee, Dr. Jim Tucker, on a little boy named Sam. The most prominent issue Dr. Jim Tucker aims to resolve in this film is the long standing belief of children fabricating their past life memories or the memories are influenced by their parent’s enthusiasm; therefore, causing a positive reinforcement. To counter the argument, Dr. Tucker states that in rare cases physical characteristics such as birthmark or defect from the past life are seen in the reincarnated children. However, no statistical significant

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