Why dont people believe in paranormal/life after death etc? Why does science dismiss the paranormal?

Question

Dont belive in any religion but I beleive this world is made up of science & paranormal and the dead can have an effect on the living.

Yes you can communiate with the dead using music

No they dont tell you where they are its some sort of secret

Mediums are fake by the way or anyone who claims to just look at you and say there talking to a dead relative.

Ive witnessed it myself but you cant see my memory of course but this is the only real things I could find on the internet watch them fully before making assumptions but you do have your own opinion anyways the people recording are white by the way so I dault they would go to Africa to se nonsense

These videos are not fake or camera tricks other than that you can not explain with science

www.youtube .com/watch?v=H1XBdf2IshY

www.youtube .com/watch?v=OqdTe85wvFs

www.youtube .com/watch?v=cAcqqqY21WY&

www.youtube .com/watch?v=Xn50o9OiW7w&

delete the gap between (youtube .com) if you want to watch of course

Answer 1

Some people don't believe in the paranormal because if it doesn't register through our limited 5 senses then they feel it can't possibly be true. The seeing is believing mentality.

Science doen't recognise it because it is (as yet) beyond our capabilities of being tested...If it can't be tested with positive results, then there is no proof of it's actual existence. The tests that can be devised at present are not conclusive enough for science to adhere to its existence.

Answer 2

I'm no  scintist but i think it's one of them subjects like 'whether God exists ' that can't be satisfactoraly be prooved one way or another . I think its a great shame we've lost that whole other realm of the dead/living ancestors with us here in the west ,to me it seems we've been left with a dull rigid impersonal relation to the world of the spiritual and the dead ,ach any hoo i hope you find what your lookin for and have a good time ower in Africa.

Answer 3

Science dismisses what it cannot prove. Science likes to have some sort of proof that goes beyond seeing and hearing. They want chemical and mathematical reasons for such to happen.

As far as who believes and who doesn't, it is based on who has had an experience and who hasn't. Me personally, I haven't had an experience, but I believe because of the people I am close to who have told me their stories. It is a mind set thing. Only seeing is believing to some. To others, stories are believing....that is me.

Answer 4

The Science we know is only the Science that we have learnt and understand, like it or not we know so little of the truth and most scientists will try and say that certain subjects, topics and paranormal activity is just an illusion or misunderstanding when really they cannot explain it in the Science they have learnt and so dismiss the possible answers.  

                        

'There are no unnatural or supernatural

                          phenomena, only very large gaps in our

                        knowledge of what is natural...We should

                             strive to fill those gaps of ignorance.'

                                 * Edgar D. Mitchell = Apollo 14 *

"The farther backward you can look,

the farther forward you are likely to see."

   - Winston Churchill

‘Wisdom is knowing how little we know’ — Socrates

Answer 5

because christianity is based on no-life after death

Answer 6

From the view of someone who doesnt believe in religion too I would say that the same prinicpal that God doesnt exist would also include those things described as paranormal

When you are dead you are dead not some coherant floating cloud of semi-intelligent energy. The laws of physics have found that somethings are possible and somethings arn't. Energy is not something that can drip from the wall socket and form a pool of electricity on the floor.

Sorry but how do you know the photos or videos are not fake? If you want to believe then often you will believe even when no-one else does and no-one will change your mind with logic

As for getting very drunk and doing unusual things.....

come down any saturday night and you will see hundreds of possessed people

Answer 7

Occams Razor. In order to see ghosts there has to be an afterlife,and a spiritual plane of existance, there has to a sophisticated process at which an invisible substance leaves our body after death and joins this plane, then becoming visible at times for certain reasons.

All this stuff is incredibly complicated and beggars belief, why, how, etc. So we've got that or we've got - you have an overactive temporal lobe that causes visions and delusions - and we can see that on a CAT scan.

And those tribal dances i just watched, um, perfectly scientifically explainable, what part of that was supposed to defy my expectations.

Answer 8

People who are skeptics or disbelievers of the paranormal are just people who have not had there own experience.  Scientists base everything on facts and scientific proof.  That's hard to do with the paranormal...spirits don't need to be proven,,they know they exist. lol  

I am a psychic sensitive and have had  many paranormal expereinces as well as a near-death expereince also.  It's very real!  Sadly there are plenty of fakes out there just for your money.  Well,,spirits don't care about money and don't care if you win the lotto..sorry.  lmao  I have helped many people and I don't ask for money.  They asked for my help and I was glad to do it.

Answer 9

The links aren't coming out blue. We can't click them. I'm sure it's some problem at Yahoo. This has been happening all night. Maybe they'll fix it by tomorrow and we can look at them. So sorry. I'm not sure what you're talking about . Maybe after I see the links, I'll understand it. Just leave your question on here. The links might turn blue tomorrow.

Edit...I copied the first link...but it wouldn't go through. Sorry.

Answer 10

Science dismiss the paranormal because they don't have scientific proof that they exist. However, they have proven that it is possible that paranormal things exist, like ghosts. It is possible that two (or more) versions of the same world can be playing at the same time (parallel universe), and that these  worlds can sometimes be seen from the other side.

Answer 11

All you scientist bashers, please try to understand this.  Science is not about proving anything or disproving it.  Science is the disinterested pursuit of knowledge.  (In this context, disinterested does not mean uninterested, as many people use it, but objective.)  So science is the establishment of things that can be proven to be true.  Scientists  (well real ones anyhow) never say there is no god, they just say there is no proof for the existence of a god.   An objective truth is one where if I give you the set of circumstances that lead me to believe that ... say... lead conducts electricity, you can take that information and do the experiment yourself and show also that lead conducts electricity under those circumstances.  It really is as simple as that.

So I have no problem with you all believeing in things that cannot be proven by those criteria.  I don't think you are wrong in quoting a personal experience, I don't think you are deluded. I just think you are misinterpreting your experience and you believe in something where you cannot prove to me that it really exists/happens/took you off to the moon etc.

The "paranormal investigator" who says that there is proof of the existence of ghosts or some other supernatural thing is wrong.  There is no objective scientifically testable proof, so scientists do not believe in what he is saying as it can't be replicated.  There is a large cash prize in the USA for anyone who can prove the existence of anything paranormal, magic or supernatural.  It has been unclaimed for over 20 years.  Why is that?

Occam's razor is exactly the right thing to be quoting here.  The simplest explanation for set of facts is often the right one.  Not always, not invariably, but usually... most of the time.

So there may be a god or some gods or ghosts poltergeists, space aliens and life after death, but so far there is no proof for any of them.  If it ever comes out, I will be the first one down to the church exorcist, spaceport etc to sign up.

So please stop thinking science is there to disprove all your beliefs.  It is just a clear way to test hypotheses objectively.   Just because you believe something does not prove it to anyone else.

Answer 12

Paranormal is faith based (like religion).  Science is fact based.  Science dismiss faith based concepts as they are not definable.  Just like the idea of god varies from person to person and culture to culture, so do paranormal ideas.

You believe that mediums are fake.  I believe that life after death is fake.  What makes your belief more authoritative than mine? That question will never have a conclusive answer.  Science has authority and disputing the authority, by means of the scientific method is considered good. Disputing the paranormal is usually considered 'close minded'.  

PS There are numerous white people living in Africa.  I am one of them.  What you see in those videos are is common and usually directed at tourists forking out money.` And Nigeria?  The land of the 419 scam.  Can't take anything from there serious.

Answer 13

Basically we don't like what carn't be explained. no one knows for sure, thats why its sooo big of an issue, some like to believe while others choose not to!

Answer 14

the scientist are afraid there numbers cant,are,nor will ever add up to the proof.And sadly for them they have been in the astrological charts all along.they wouldn't have jobs either.just think how wonderful it would be if we all could have such magic in us without ridicule to use for the good of life ?blessed be

Answer 15

The short answer to a long question is.All paranormal claims, fall apart under scrutiny.Not necessarily scientific scrutiny either.If an open-minded laymen like myself,investigates paranormal claims.They will invariably prove them to be false.That is my opinion based on years of study and investigation.Being open-minded all my opinions are subject to change.If convincing evidence is ever uncovered.

Answer 16

IT is because it can not be recreated in a laboratory why it can't be proven to be real.  That is okay Technology is slowly catching up.

Answer 17

Science dismisses anything that can not be tested.  And all the research done into the paranormal tells us there's nothing there.

You can believe what ever you want, but if you have no way of convincing anyone else, don't expect them to listen.  

We'd love for you to show us how to talk to the dead through music.  Set up a quick demo and prove all of physics wrong.  Please.  

Sorry, videos on youtube are not evidence of anything but how good someone is at either slight of hand or video editing.  We want a real demonstration in front of people who can verify it.  Videos don't count.

EDIT:  Like I said, videos don't count.  If you find someone who can do something you can't explain, find a scientist to test them and write it up for you.  Because no one is going to watch your videos and believe it.

Answer 18

You only believe in ghosts and all of that paranormal stuff if you study it or you experience paranormal stuff in your house or you see a ghost. Some people don't believe any paranormal stuff since they have never experienced it before so that is why they wouldn't believe in any of it.

Answer 19

Simple answer:  What people believe doesn't have much to do with anything.  Mostly they pick a set of beliefs, then they set about proving the veracity of them.  And shrug off anything that conflicts with their chosen belief-matrix.

There aren't many exceptions to this, but the most blatant examples are found among those who call them scientists, those who call themselves patriots, and those who declare themselves in possession of 'common sense' while denouncing something in conflict with their world views.

Answer 20

a lot of the videos on youtube are fake and these people seek publicity :

I am a Paranormal Investigator i do believe in paranormal activity and believe there are spirits here many things have happened in my life that i cannot explain and have seen spirits of different types in different locations. I will continue this day forward like i have been doing , to continuously help those in need of paranormal guidance just like alot of people in this paranormal field are here to help one another :) but i still stand the same i believe in paranormal occurrences and ghosts/spirits. When Spirits are through with their business in this world i believe they cross over. i also believe when you pass on you have free will to travel back and fourth at will! but yet some spirits are sometimes decide to stay because of unfinished business etc. or they are comfortable here.

you can read many experiences of our team on our site here was my first :) i love sharing this one but people on Y/A have prolly heard this 1000 time lol!!!

was six and lived in Trenton , MI . When the family and I were sitting on the living room couch watching TV, they all of the sudden heard a loud crash that sounded like glass breaking. We ran down stairs to find the remains a light bulb in swept into a dust pan with a broom standing next to it , between that experience many things happened in that home such as things flying across the TV stand onto the floor was one creepy experience.Another is when my mother one day was doing laundry and something screamed boo in her ear . What ever was there in the home struck me in the back with a shoving almost like a smack when i was sitting down and watching tv and shortly after My mom had told me at night she would hear footsteps around her bed at night on a daily basis.”

Ryan ~Paranormal Investigator/Researcher~

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Answer 21

I've got a couple of proper psychology books around that study the paranormal, and quite a few show some kind of effect on probabilities.

I've also heard ghosts and seen auras, so I tend to fall into the 'believer' category.

Answer 22

What people believe is open to many explanations and would require an extensive examination of their lives.

However, science does not dismiss the paranormal. You are simply getting the very successful (and anti scientific) media blitz of the skeptics.

The Parapsychological Association (link below) has been an elected affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (link below) since 1969.

The PA requires full members to hold doctoral degrees and most have these degrees in conventional sciences (medicine, physics, engineering, psychology, etc.)

I have included three links below to studies of the paranormal being conducted by major universities.

By comparison the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry doesn't conduct research. They tried once and found supporting evidence for Astrology so they stopped all efforts.

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