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Sofista wrote:  “From time to time, science discovers that something is trustworthy and
true, even if scientists do not know precisely how or why
it works. Let’s consider the law of gravity. We experience it all
days when we jump from a vehicle or down a ladder. Physical and
engineers made tremendous progress in studying the effects of gravity,
point of being able to launch and maintain satellites in space and even
robotic probes on the Moon, on Mars and beyond. However, it is important to note that,
although we can realize these incredible feats of technology, not yet
we know for sure whether gravity is a physical force, a curvature in space-time, or a property of mass-creating supercurrents (not the
contrary). And there are still other reliable theories about gravity. The analogy here is
realize that we can investigate whether something exists or not just by its effects,
even if we can not propose, with complete certainty, a theory
explanatory”

That’s very true.  But consider that gravity is something which can be studied by its effects because those effects are consistent.  They are consistent enough that we can even formulate a Law of Gravity.  That’s what science does.  But the evidence for the existence of spirits is not at all conclusive.  You cite the reincarnation studies of Ian Stevenson and so on.  But those are very controversial.  I could name skeptical psychologists who study those cases and come to very different conclusions.

You yourself admit that there has so far been no reliable evidence for the existence of life after death, but you ask if in the future there will be.  I don’t know.  Maybe there will.  I’m a skeptic, so I would tend to say “probably not”.  But you’re a believer so you would most certain say, “Yes!”   I don’t know what else so say.