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[Krejlooc]

Wait so they found Noah's Ark? What does that prove..beyond that fact that ancient people built boats.

Ya they found it

it proves so many things, from the earth being 6000 years old to us living with dinosaurs to virtually everything in the bible

 

[Cyan]

Wait so they found Noah's Ark? What does that prove..beyond that fact that ancient people built boats.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1243384

Scientists are baffled tbh.

 

[Ishida]

Yes, it is.

 

[freenudemacusers]

I thought ghost only comes out at night

IIRC the equipment used to detect spectral entities is disrupted by the Suns photons traveling via direct sunlight. Photons traveling through the earth (aka night) are not fully charged and don't present this problem.

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Usually the stories that attempt to explain that go with self image.

Besides, there's no reason for the "soul" or essence to have a humanoid form at all if there isn't some kind of self-image mechanic going on. Unless when you lose a limb or even hair part of the soul goes with it too.

...so is this why we don't have people claiming to see ghosts from era before mirrors were popularized?

IIRC the equipment used to detect spectral entities is disrupted by the Suns photons traveling via direct sunlight. Photons traveling through the earth (aka night) are not fully charged and don't present this problem.

*stunned silence*

 

[UrbanRats]

I just love how the "rules" for catching ghosts change constantly.
You could be taking thousands of pictures of dead (or dying) people, and no ghost would be visible, because they can't be seen by a normal camera, obviously.
As soon as you get that one picture with some smoke or a smudge on the lens, or a lens flare, or what have you, then suddenly it's proof, and regular cameras can totally catch a ghost in the act.

 

[CloudyTuba]

Nope.

And serious question: Why wouldn't all ghosts be naked? Your "soul" "essence" or whatever they're claiming becomes a ghost has nothing to do with your clothes. So why would a ghost have any clothes on?

There are a lot of. "Why would..." questions regarding ghosts. Most of the answers are either, "Let me pull it from my ass with absolutely no data but my imagination," or simply ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[FuturusX]

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[Septimus Prime]

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That guy is such a Hippocrate.

 

[freenudemacusers]

There are a lot of. "Why would..." questions regarding ghosts. Most of the answers are either, "Let me pull it from my ass with absolutely no data but my imagination," or simply ¯_(&#12484_/¯

Isn't that what a hypothesis is?

 

[elfinke]

The trauma is so great, your clothes die as well.

That's why Kanye's white polo is so expensive. All that harvesting.

 

[Nealand Liquor]

Swamp gas.

Weather balloon

 

[Cipherr]

2016, we got 4K cameras on phones now, and yet still have potato levels of quality for stupid paranormal photography.

The ever improving phone cameras are going to continue to expose this stuff for what it is.

Can't keep having blurry ass out of focus shots man... Doesn't make sense.

 

[Stat Flow]

Can you capture ghost Pokémon in Pokémon go? If so I'd say that's evidence for ghosts being real imo

 

[heliosRAzi]

Isn't that what a hypothesis is?

Yup. It's one of the steps in the Scientific Method.

 

[CloudyTuba]

Isn't that what a hypothesis is?

A hypothesis is typically viewed as an educated guess using limited data.

Making an uneducated guess with zero data doesn't quite qualify as anything more than 'Tales from My Ass.' Factors to consider when creating a real hypothesis are testability, parsimony, scope, fruitfulness, and conservatism. Particularly those first two, which most ghost explanations fail hard on.

 

[Einchy]

Is that a troll in the tunnel?

 

[freenudemacusers]

A hypothesis is typically viewed as an educated guess using limited data.

Making an uneducated guess with zero data doesn't quite qualify as anything more than 'Tales from My Ass.' Factors to consider when creating a real hypothesis are testability, parsimony, scope, fruitfulness, and conservatism. Particularly those first two, which most ghost explanations fail hard on.

So ghost research is more in the early stages of a hypothesis in your view? I suppose that's fair.

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

I'm fairly confident that I've seen a ghost so it could be. It might also be a smudge on the lense though.

The one I saw was similar in colour and transparency, but much more detailed.

 

[Krejlooc]

I'm fairly confident that I've seen a ghost so it could be. It might also be a smudge on the lense though.

So the smudge just so happened to be exactly where the ghost was? That doesn't seem very likely to me.

 

[uncelestial]

I have seen a ghost. They are real.

No you haven't, and no they aren't.

 

[TheFuzz]

You guys wouldn't be saying this crap about it being fake if it was a male ghost.

 

[Glass Shark]

I thought GAF was generally safe from the inane bullshit that clogs up my Facebook feed

 

[GavinGT]

Absolutely.

 

[Gravy Boat]

Not sure why you'd put your trust in establishment science and not seek out alternative answers to explain our physical reality.
.

This is the first GAF post that's made me put down my phone and stop reading the thread for a good 30 minutes before continuing.

 

[Krejlooc]

I thought GAF was generally safe from the inane bullshit that clogs up my Facebook feed

this is news it was on cnn

 

[CloudyTuba]

So ghost research is more in the early stages of a hypothesis in your view? I suppose that's fair.

I would be extremely interested in it if a credible agency of some sort took the topic seriously and decided to get some actual data with the proper respect for the scientific method.

I dont think I've seen a finding yet that doesn't have a "Jump to conclusions' mat by their front door. They seem to ignore proper scientific procedure and instead make hypotheses to match an existing bias. That's not how science works and it's not making the field any more credible.

If by 'early' you mean that the field is not yet mature, then yes. I think it's a very immature field scientifically. I mean that in terms of development (rather than common usage insult). Their 'hypotheses' are effectively meaningless due to being malformed.

 

[Gnome Scat]

It's the steam coming off of the heaping pile of bullshit that are ghosts.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Whoa that's spooky.

 

[Akainu]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/us/spirit-leaving-body-photo-trnd/index.html

I think no, but it's good enough to get on CNN apparently. To me I think its the tree trunk somehow caught at just the right angle and out of focus. But I could be wrong...

Feel free to share any unexplainable photos or videos.

Like there was any bar to begin with.

 

[Octavia]

So what happens to all the ghosts in a few billion years when the sun engulfs earth? They just live in the sun then?

 

[Berserking Guts]

Kojima pulling the wool over everyones eyes again.

MGS3: Remake confirmed.

 

[CloudyTuba]

So what happens to all the ghosts in a few billion years when the sun engulfs earth? They just live in the sun then?

You're getting ahead of yourself! What about the cro-magnon ghosts? Where'd they go?

 

[Grenchel]

Why would a ghost be green?

There is nothing more environmentally friendly than being a ghost.

 

[Gravy Boat]

What amazes me is that people will believe this is a ghost over a massive deformed grape that's only visible to cameras, which is much more likely.

 

[_Ryo_]

As a skeptic and an atheist that doesn't at all believe in ghosts based on the fact that there is absolutely no scientific evidence that ghosts exist or have ever existed:

Yes, that is absolutely a ghost. Without question.
It's really obvious, come on.

 

[zeemumu]

This is quite the "No Fun Allowed" thread.

 

[Gravy Boat]

This is quite the "No Fun Allowed" thread.

How so? Would you say the same if it were a 'Is this a leprechaun' thread?

 

[old manatee]

It looks like a ghost. I'll bet it came out of someone who died in that accident. Or it's hoovering above them being a guardian angel. It's pretty important, that's the thing.

 

[zeemumu]

How so? Would you say the same if it were a 'Is this a leprechaun' thread?

Yes, actually, if the responses were the same.

 

[Gravy Boat]

Yes, actually.

I'm not sure I believe you but ok.

 

[Ishida]

How so? Would you say the same if it were a 'Is this a leprechaun' thread?

I would at least have some sense of humor and play along with it.

 

[Gravy Boat]

I would at least have some sense of humor and play along with it.

If someone asks a question people should lie to them in the name of fun?

 

[kinggroin]

Smudge on the lease. Perspective of the picture makes it an illusion.

Ghosts aren't real.



But Demons, oh boy, Demons are VERY real.

Spoiler

Mwuahahaha

 

[Übermatik]

Why would a ghost only appear on camera? No-one facing the supposed apparition noticed?

 

[zeemumu]

If someone asks a question people should lie to them in the name of fun?

I feel like that's how Jeb's presidential campaign started.

Why would a ghost only appear on camera? No-one facing the supposed apparition noticed?

Because Fatal Frame.

 

[Trojan]

This is on....CNN?

Welcome to the new CNN! It's five notches below NPR and two notches above Jezebel.

 

[Zombine]

We've all seen Ghost Hunters, ghosts are real.

 

[riskVSreward]

Ghosts aren't real.

Problem solved.

 

[BlueTsunami]

What's truly spooky is the paramedics reported an OoooOOOOoooooO sound as they loaded the body