That personality and intelligence survive death and continue in the spirit world is based on evidence from spirit mediums passing on messages such as “Your Auntie Jean says it’s all right to wear the pink cardigan” to the bereaved. Are there any records of spirit mediums getting messages from dead scientists, or indeed any of the dead, who have shown even the slightest curiosity in how their intelligence continues without a physical body, or in researching any aspect of the natural history of the spirit world in which they find themselves?
Dugald McCullough, Newcastle, Co Down, Northern Ireland
• Post your answers – and new questions – below or email them to nq@theguardian.com. Please include name, address and phone number
