• Question: Are ghosts real?

    Asked by hannahhhhh to Ben, Dave, Ed, Sam, Susana on 24 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Benjamin Hall

      Benjamin Hall answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      I’ve never seen any convincing evidence for the existence of anything ‘supernatural’.

      I think spiritual mediums and psychics are frauds and charlatans who play on a basic human desire to bring their lost loved ones back to make money. Usually from the elderly.

    • Photo: David Briggs

      David Briggs answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      I don’t think so.

      There is no concrete evidence that ghosts exist, and there is no known mechanism by which they might exist (at least according to current physics).

    • Photo: Susana Teixeira

      Susana Teixeira answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      There are many people who will tell you they have seen their loved or feared ones after they were dead. It is however most likely a defense mechanism and their brain playing tricks!

      As far as I know there is no evidence of what people call ghosts. We don’t fully understand the world around us yet – proof of that is us calling a large part of the universe “dark matter” – so it may well be that what some people call ghosts are some sort of phenomena that we cannot explain yet.
      I remember reading about stories of the sailors when they were trying to find new lands and discover the world before they even knew we lived in a roundish planet. The aurora burealis was magic to them, so were wales and a lot of other fish!

    • Photo: Sam Horrell

      Sam Horrell answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      I don’t think so. There is little to no evidence of peoples spirits lingering around after they have passed away, and first person accounts are always quite unbelievable. Maybe one day I’ll be haunted and I’ll become a believer.

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