Is ghost-busting more science, or engineering?

Question

I've been watching the posts here for a while, and I'm feeling a bit confused about this. A lot of scientists appear to be into ghost-busting. So long as they just observe and take pictures, recordings, meter readings and notes, and so long as they go back afterward and try to form theories about what they saw [and test them], that's science. At least as much science as most scientists ever get around to doing.

But if a ghost-buster, academic scientist or otherwise, tries to do anything about what he observes and theorizes about, seems to me that's engineering unless he's just testing a theory.

So, are the ghost-buster-spirit-chasing groups more scientists, or engineers?

Answer 1

Neither! It's certainly NOT in the realm of science...

Answer 2

i would love to find out.

Answer 3

i think science..

Answer 4

Interesting question. I would think that if a person goes back and say installs shielding from high EMFs (after determining that as a cause of an experience) that could be called engineerig. However, if a person blesses a house to stop a haunting (let's say that it works) that is doing something about what you find/therorize but is that engineering or religion?

I think it more of an applied science (involving field work and all).

Just my two cents.

Psi

Answer 5

Applied science gets my vote. The area is so difficult to quantify because of the tenuous and transitory (ethereal) nature of the phenomena, it may be 2 generations yet before enough data garners a more 'hardcore' label, like Transdimentional Reality, etc.