<p><strong>Short answer</strong><br>
You are confusing belief or faith with a hypothesis.</p>

<p><strong>Background</strong><br>
Instead of a methodological answer, this question might, perhaps arguably, be tackled better from a slightly more philosophical angle. Let's go through the relevant terminologies.</p>

<p><a href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/belief" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Belief</strong></a> is </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>An <strong>acceptance</strong> that something exists or is true, especially one <strong>without
  proof</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>A related term is <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faith" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>faith</strong></a> </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>[F]irm <strong>belief</strong> in something [often in a <strong><a href="http://faculty.valenciacollege.edu/drogers/factopinion/belieffact3.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">religious</a></strong> context] for which there is <strong>no proof</strong></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Indeed <strong><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/reincarnation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reincarnation</a></strong> is a </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Religious belief</p>
</blockquote>

<p>And henceforth it cannot be (dis)proven. By contrast, scientific hypotheses can be disproven through <strong><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/significance-tests-one-sample/more-significance-testing-videos/v/hypothesis-testing-and-p-values" rel="nofollow noreferrer">hypothesis testing</a></strong>. A <strong><a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/scientific-hypothesis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">hypothesis</a></strong> being </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>[An] idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Reincarnation has not been observed in the natural world. Instead, it is based on faith in religious belief.</p>

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<p>Is there a how-to to prove reincarnation?</p>

<p>And secondly, I would like to lessen bad action from the previous life. And how do I do that?</p>

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No more than there is a how-to to prove that 1 = 2.
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Is there a robust method to prove the existence of reincarnation?
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# Is there a robust method to prove the existence of reincarnation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-28)

Is there a how-to to prove reincarnation?

And secondly, I would like to lessen bad action from the previous life. And how do I do that?

**Tags:** self, religion, prosocial-behavior, death

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: No more than there is a how-to to prove that 1 = 2.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-04-05. Score: 1

**Short answer**  
You are confusing belief or faith with a hypothesis.

**Background**  
Instead of a methodological answer, this question might, perhaps arguably, be tackled better from a slightly more philosophical angle. Let's go through the relevant terminologies.

[**Belief**](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/belief) is

> An **acceptance** that something exists or is true, especially one **without
> proof**.

A related term is [**faith**](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faith)

> [F]irm **belief** in something [often in a **[religious](http://faculty.valenciacollege.edu/drogers/factopinion/belieffact3.html)** context] for which there is **no proof**

Indeed **[Reincarnation](https://www.britannica.com/topic/reincarnation)** is a

> Religious belief

And henceforth it cannot be (dis)proven. By contrast, scientific hypotheses can be disproven through **[hypothesis testing](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/significance-tests-one-sample/more-significance-testing-videos/v/hypothesis-testing-and-p-values)**. A **[hypothesis](https://www.britannica.com/science/scientific-hypothesis)** being

> [An] idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world.

Reincarnation has not been observed in the natural world. Instead, it is based on faith in religious belief.


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