ghosts

[buddha]

People who have experienced them know they are real. Those who haven't usually don't believe.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by buddha

People who have experienced them know they are real. Those who haven't usually don't believe.

They say the same thing regarding just about anything supernatural. Bigfoot, UFOs, fairies, angels, the Loch Ness monster, lizard people, sock gremlins, etc. You just won't believe it until you see it. But the human brain is really really terrible in regards to the accuracy of what people see. Eye witness accounts are the least reliable source possible. That's why we always have reports of people seeing Jesus in slices of toast, or in clouds, or the moisture on pavement. The brain is wired to see and quickly recognize the shapes of faces and human figures. It's an evolutionary defense mechanism for survival. That's why we mistakenly see faces and shit in normal everyday stuff like toast.

People convince themselves that all sorts of silly shit is real. But yet we have absolutely zero credible evidence, despite the constant ongoing search for them. Cameras all over the world are recording right now, hoping to catch a spirit on tape. But yet nothing except stories of people getting scared in the dark, and attributing it to whatever supernatural buzzword that fancies them. Meh... show us some proof...

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by Fish

They say the same thing regarding just about anything supernatural. Bigfoot, UFOs, fairies, angels, the Loch Ness monster, lizard people, sock gremlins, etc. You just won't believe it until you see it. But the human brain is really really terrible in regards to the accuracy of what people see. Eye witness accounts are the least reliable source possible. That's why we always have reports of people seeing Jesus in slices of toast, or in clouds, or the moisture on pavement. The brain is wired to see and quickly recognize the shapes of faces and human figures. It's an evolutionary defense mechanism for survival. That's why we mistakenly see faces and shit in normal everyday stuff like toast.

People convince themselves that all sorts of silly shit is real. But yet we have absolutely zero credible evidence, despite the constant ongoing search for them. Cameras all over the world are recording right now, hoping to catch a spirit on tape. But yet nothing except stories of people getting scared in the dark, and attributing it to whatever supernatural buzzword that fancies them. Meh... show us some proof...

here's the thing about proof of that sort of thing... do you know how difficult it is to get scientific funding these days? DAMNED hard, right next to impossible in some cases. we'll put it this way with regard to the supernatural:

the first legit proof of the supernatural, verifiable and peer-reviewed, would net the finder the following:

1) nobel prize/huge scientific cred of some sort (this is huge, believe it or not)
2) funding for LIFE

that it HASN'T happened, to me, is evidence that we either don't have the tech for it yet or that it just isn't there (I'll accept either as viable possibilities)

[Kaepernick]

Originally Posted by Ebolapox

here's the thing about proof of that sort of thing... do you know how difficult it is to get scientific funding these days? DAMNED hard, right next to impossible in some cases. we'll put it this way with regard to the supernatural:

the first legit proof of the supernatural, verifiable and peer-reviewed, would net the finder the following:

1) nobel prize/huge scientific cred of some sort (this is huge, believe it or not)
2) funding for LIFE

that it HASN'T happened, to me, is evidence that we either don't have the tech for it yet or that it just isn't there (I'll accept either as viable possibilities)

Or extraterrestrials or bigfoot or Nessie or witches or vampires. Good luck with all that stuff. Not an iota of proof in the bunch.

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by Kaepernick

Or extraterrestrials or bigfoot or Nessie or witches or vampires. Good luck with all that stuff. Not an iota of proof in the bunch.

yep

[teedubya]

Originally Posted by buddha

People who have experienced them know they are real. Those who haven't usually don't believe.

This.