where does consciousness "go" when you die

[Travis]

It goes absolutely nowhere. You return to pre-birth stage.

 

[ladylazarus4]

With the question about the brain rearranging- technically, yes, it is possible. But the chance is so low that it is functionally impossible. The brain is incredibly complex and we don't understand it completely. It is so much more complex than Hamlet.

And to the original question- I think it is very unlikely that our consciousness persists. If our thoughts exist inside our brains (provable), then they won't exist after we're dead.