Gawdzilla Sama
Valued Senior Member
They're making money off suckers who have no idea how to conduct an investigation into anomalous events.
Creepy things caught in photos
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TheVat
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Well that's convenient. Provides some nice coverage on why we have no clear and unambiguous visual records. BTW, any of these teams of "scientists" ever have an impartial monitor brought in who measures their batteries charge levels before and after an investigation? Such an extraordinary physical effect calls for stringent procedures and later peer review.
Gawdzilla Sama
Valued Senior Member
"Peer review is to keep the truth from coming out!" :drool: :rant: :rage: 
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Magical Realist
Valued Senior Member
Yeah....I'm sure paranormal investigators everywhere are anxious to suspend their investigations by having on scene "impartial monitors"(read: career skeptics) to measure their battery charge levels. lol
Gawdzilla Sama
Valued Senior Member
Competent investigators would be okay with being checked. Abnormal investigators, not so much.
If the research is legit it will stand up to scrutiny. Strange that Pairabnorman investigators are reluctant to do so.
If the research is legit it will stand up to scrutiny. Strange that Pairabnorman investigators are reluctant to do so.
Magical Realist
Valued Senior Member
Nobody cares about the opinions of people with a lifelong dedication to disbelieving. Nothing would convince them anyway. They have no real interest in finding out the truth. Afterall, they have their precious reputations to maintain.
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I believe with a high probability that my flight will arrive its destination without crashing.
I believe with a high probability that the sun will not go nova tomorrow.
In fact, I can believe with a high probability a great many things will occur or not occur and that exist or don't exist. I'm not 100% sure of believing those things, since those beliefs may not be true, but they have a very high probability of being true based on facts and evidence.
So, you're quite wrong when you say we just disbelieve everything. It's whether or not the probability is high enough. The things you tend to believe have very low probabilities of occurring or existing, based on facts and evidence. That's the huge difference.
Yet, you know and I know that many here are indeed only interested in finding out the truth. You're just not one of them. All the things I can believe with a high probability are pretty much the same things you probably believe as both us navigate the reality we reside. The difference is that you also believe things that have a very low probability, especially when facts and evidence don't support them.
So, it actually does not boil down to us have a "lifelong dedication to disbelieving", but instead it is you who has a lifelong dedication for believing without the use of reason, rationale, logic, facts or evidence, or even if it breaks the laws of physics. You show it to us over and over and over...
Gawdzilla Sama
Valued Senior Member
And any bullshit that comes along is just fine with you. Your standards are benthic.
Magical Realist
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In a universe largely devoid of life, life on earth is a highly improbable phenomenon. Yet here we are.
Among the millions of spermatozoa that could have merged with your mother's ovum, it is highly improbable that you would be born. Yet here you are.
Among all the species of animals incapable of reason and understanding the universe, it is highly improbable that we primates would become capable of that. Yet here we are again.
In a universe constantly surprising us with new and unexpected phenomena, it is a mistake to only believe in what is routine and probable. Especially when all the evidence is saying, "This is real and is really happening."
“It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in doing you bring everything to the realm of possibility.”― Albert Einstein
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Gawdzilla Sama
Valued Senior Member
Albert, you forgot about the painfully limited minds that will misinterpret your words.
No science supports the claim the universe is largely devoid of life. The fact that we are here is proof there is life.
That's why low probability phenomena can indeed occur or exist, but the probability is still based on hard science, facts, evidence, observations, the things you ignore.
Dude, if Einstein was on this forum, he would be telling you the same thing everyone else is telling you, he would not just believe in the ghosts, goblins and aliens spinning round and round your vivid imagination and he would explain your delusions a whole lot better than us.
Gawdzilla Sama
Valued Senior Member
Albert clarified that, "believe you can do something", nothing about Cottingley Fairies from him.
Ah, the dangers of chasing ghosts. Make sure you've got your $240 Magical Amulet from Russell Brand, who makes sure he wears his wherever he goes protected from "corrupting signals and 5G technology"
That would need to be done on a case by case basis, of course.
I'm still not seeing any evidence from you that any ghost is real. Are you ever going to provide any? Just one case where the ghost was confirmed to be real would be a good start, don't you think? Got anything?
Sure. My default is to assume that they are reporting what they thought they saw honestly, unless there is evidence to the contrary.
Anecdotes, as you are aware, do nothing to show that what they thought they saw was a real ghost or anything like that, though. It's far more likely that the person made an honest mistake, jumping to an incorrect conclusion about whatever it was that they actually perceived. You know this.
It's also important to keep in mind that I'm not interacting with any of your ghost story people here. I'm only interacting with you. It is well established here that you often lie and can't be trusted.
Yes it is.
You're the one making the extraordinary claim, here. They aren't here.
Not true. Lots of negatives can be proven.
If you're claiming it's a real fossil of some ancient extinct creature, then it is.
Sure. If I was claiming that your ancient fossil was a fake, it would be up to me to prove that.
That's another case by case thing.
I only rarely claim that the people who took your ghost photo of the week were lying or fabricating the evidence, and then only if I have evidence of the lies or fabrication.
Meanwhile, if you claim the pictures show actual ghosts, then you need to back up your claim with suitable evidence. That's all I ask.
Gawdzilla Sama
Valued Senior Member
Not having been proven a liar does not mean the speaker is 100% truthful.