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Storm
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Posted - 06/06/2012 :  12:45:12  Show Profile  Visit Storm's Homepage Send Storm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
General Skepticism what does that mean? How does it differ from other skepticism? I have been watching a show called a haunting. Can all these people be making up the phenomena or misjudging their experiences?
I personally have never had an issue with a destructive ghost. Ghosts on the most part are docile. Yet most of these cases on the show are destructive ghosts. Perhaps it is the persons mind that creates the phenomena. Poltergeist activity. I do not like to put this under pseudoscience. Pseudoscience sounds so fake.. and I personally believe ghostly phenomena is real. I have experienced it. Investigated it. So I write under General Skepticism. I say i am skeptic about the phenomena, not because it is not real. I am skeptic on what these investigators and people think the cause is.

Hawks
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Posted - 06/06/2012 :  13:06:22   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Hawks's Homepage Send Hawks a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Storm
Can all these people be making up the phenomena or misjudging their experiences?

Yes.
I am skeptic on what these investigators and people think the cause is.

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Storm
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Posted - 06/06/2012 :  13:48:16   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Storm's Homepage Send Storm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I do not think all people make up the phenomena just misjudge the cause. but when can we ever get seriosus about investigation.A different approach...angle...How could we measure the minds cause of poltergeist activity?
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moakley
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Posted - 06/06/2012 :  13:55:08   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send moakley a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Storm

I personally have never had an issue with a destructive ghost. Ghosts on the most part are docile. Yet most of these cases on the show are destructive ghosts.
I suspect market research, whatever, has shown destructive ghost to be more entertaining. Better capable of holding an audience. I would bet that this ratings trend will lead agents to encourage more destructive behavior on the part of their docile clients. But hopefully a saturation point will be reached sooner rather than later and the audience will demand a return of realistic reality, when ghost were docile. I know I am already at that point.
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Storm
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Posted - 06/06/2012 :  14:33:54   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Storm's Homepage Send Storm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
yes but you are docile on ghosts because you do not beleive. Correct? You are right about the money and the drawing of the audiences. I could see why skeptics are skeptical.
I saw this new device called the ghost box. Actually just watched it being used on this crazy show about a Demon Hunter. It was nothing but a am/fm/ radio rigged. And they sell these things for lots of money. My question is how can you tell the difference between lady gaga singing and a ghosts voice?
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moakley
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Posted - 06/06/2012 :  15:22:56   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send moakley a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Storm

yes but you are docile on ghosts because you do not beleive. Correct?
No. I don't believe because I am not aware of any compelling evidence to support the existence of ghosts. After all this time I would have expect something beyond fuzzy images and questionable sounds.

Originally posted by Storm

I saw this new device called the ghost box. Actually just watched it being used on this crazy show about a Demon Hunter. It was nothing but a am/fm/ radio rigged. And they sell these things for lots of money. My question is how can you tell the difference between lady gaga singing and a ghosts voice?
There are reliable ways to measure Lady Gaga's existence. And ghost voices have a simple explanation once the con is revealed. Like the phony ghost box exposed in your previous sentence.

edited to add box
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Edited by - moakley on 06/06/2012 15:23:55
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