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Paranormal Investigations and Belief in Ghosts

Posted by Zonk on from the in-the-heart-of-translvania-in-the-vampire-hall-of-fame-yeah dept.

Esther Schindler writes "Sure, everyone uses technology on the job. But you may not have contemplated the tools used by paranormal investigators (at least, not until you began thinking about Halloween) who look for the truth in ghosts and other things that go Bump in the Night. In Paranormal Investigations and Technology: Where Ghosts and Gadgets Meet, CIO's Al Sacco writes about the most unusual of tool chests, with everything from thermometers to blimp cams." You want spooky? An anonymous reader passed a link to a survey that says a third of Americans believe in ghosts. Who you gonna call?

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  1. Okay, I'll bite. by Joseph_Daniel_Zukige · · Score: 0, Troll

    Whose definition of ghost do we use when we argue about this?

    The scary things that go bump in the night?

    The not-very-tangible non-physical essence of human nature and/or identity?

    Demons from hell?

    The "souls" which are for various reasons lost between heaven and hell and thus find themselves wandering the earth? (See wikipedia's jack-o-lantern article if unfamiliar with this class of legend.)

    Are angels in the same class as ghosts?

    What about "advanced" extra-terrestrial races who have "done away with the need for physical existence"? (As if there were something evil about physical existence.

    (Yeah, mark this troll. It is.)

    1. Re:Okay, I'll bite. by Gumbytwo · · Score: 0, Troll

      Here's the simple question:

      Is there anything beyond the natural?

      yes: ghosts can exist, angels can exist, God can exist, pretty much anything supernatural could exist, and by definition be difficult or impossible to measure or access from the natural world.

      no: then we're living in a strictly materialistic world where there is no morality (no right and no wrong).

      So which is it?

  2. AMURIKA!! FUCK YEA by ttnuagmada · · Score: 0, Troll

    only 1/3 of the population? thats suprising, as im pretty sure at least 2/3 of the population of this country are absolute fucking idiots.

  3. Re:Hey, let's add some secular mysticism.... by Lumpy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Would you take a shit on your dinner plate and eat it? Of course not.

    that actually is a delicacy in Thailand for the incredibly rich. Young Virgin boys shit on platters for the rich old men to eat. It gives them vitality and strength.

    --
    Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
  4. Re:Hey, let's add some secular mysticism.... by MOBE2001 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Science is a method, it requires no faith.

    You're kidding me? Physicists believe in all sorts of crap without empirical proof. For example, they believe in the superposition of quantum states even though superposition can never be observed. Why? because, as soon as you do, it collapses. Kinda like this kid I used to know who claimed he could jump as high as a tall building but only when nobody was looking. ahahaha... Yeah, right. Ever wonder why, with all this talk about quantum computers during the last two decades, you still can't buy one from Dell? It's because it's all based on religious bullshit, that's why. ahahaha...

    Time travel, wormholes, black holes, parallel universes, uploading one's brain to a computer, etc... are just a few religious beliefs that a lot of scientists and the majority of stupid Slashdot geeks have. ahahaha...

    So don't tell me that science requires no faith. It's all about faith and religion! May the best religion win. So go ahead, mark me as a troll or flame bait, you religious freak. And see if I care. ahahaha... AHAHAHA... ahahaha...