Will Ghosts ever be scientifically documented?

Question

What do you think? Tell me your views. I usually post in the religious section, but am wondering about this. It seems the popularity of the paranormal is reaching people that normally would not think twice about it.

Answer 1

yes, but I think it will be a few hundred years.

Answer 2

I thought they had been, guy. All the tape recordings, video, photos, and physical experiences. They have been documented.

Answer 3

It is unlikely. There are somethings in this great Universe that simply have to be taken on faith and belief alone. Mostly it is due to the fact that the human brain cannot process or conceptualize all the infinite possibilities that exist.

That, and well...spirits, Angels, Demons, et al don't WANT to be scientifically documented. If people could suddenly *prove* their exsistance; they'd never get any work done...you'd have 5 million people all trying to call ONE Angel at the same time; they'd never be able to keep up.

So we need a healthy balance of disbelief so the rest of us can hopefully do our jobs.

Answer 4

Who knows you never know,maybe someday.

Answer 5

Since no bonafide theory of what a ghost is has been postulated, It can not be tested by the scientific method.  The question is best left in religion where evidence and proof is not needed.

Answer 6

I think the part of the question where you said "scientifically" is where the confusion lies.

Will we be able to "scientifically" document a ghost?  Probably note, because (as mentioned) of the nature of ghosts.  Scientifically implies that you are able to explain why the ghost is there, why it is tangible, and how the being is able to do what it does.

Now...

Will we get HARD EVIDENCE of the existence of ghosts?  Yes, I believe someday we will.  The right people will be in the right place at the right time and will record the findings of a lifetime.  I'm talking a full apparition being recorded by multiple cameras from multiple angles, with various pieces of equipment all recording similar findings.  The investigators even interacting with this ghost.  Basically, a perfect situation.

Answer 7

If they truly are real than we will eventually create the sensitive equipment needed to see them and record them.

Answer 8

I believe it's already been documented.  Didn't you see Caspar - the movie?

Answer 9

This depends on how you define ghost and how you define scientific, not to mention the various levels of documentation.  Many witnesses some of which were scientist and scholars have recorded their experiences.

True this has not been under controlled conditions (usually). Thus one has to define these terms first.

Dr. ARG Owen had a group "The Phillip Experiment" make up an imaginary ghost to blame PK phenomena on and reported positive results. These experiments were under controlled conditions and documented.

Dr. Raymond Moody in the book "Reunions" reports on creating a chamber that causes people to see their deceased loved ones. This was a carefully documented experiment with careful controls. So people saw ghost.

For those that say these aren't real ghost I say see the start of this answer.

Michael John Weaver, M.S.

Answer 10

I agree with Ghost H, the answer directly above mine.

I would also add that when supposedly paranormal events or observations are made which might lead one to think a ghost did it, the causal link between ghost and event still isn't confirmed. That is, if a book flew off a bookshelf in front of a team of investigators and cameras, can you logically show that a ghost did it and not a leprechaun or some other supernatural entity?

The best that ghost hunters could hope for from scientific investigation is to show that something unexplained happened. The leap from "unexplained" to "ghost did it" will never be made until ghosts start submitting themselves for scientific analysis.

Answer 11

Very unlikely, just like psychic ability, telekinesis, elves, fairies, leprechauns, or anything paranormal.  Ever wonder why?  Exactly.

And look, don't sit and try to rationalize why you can't.  The most likely reason that it cannot be scientifically proven, is that it doesn't happen.  Why look for extraordinary explanation, when it can be explained by the ordinary?

Answer 12

Actually no. I am a Paranormal Investigator so it may seem odd that I say this, but true scientific evidence will never be documented because of the nature of ghosts. When I say true science I am talking about the science that requires degrees and doctorates and closely monitored very strict rules.

The Internet, book stores,  and meet up groups are filled with people who call themselves "professionals" when really they are just hobbyists. I am one of the few who is honest and calling for more honesty in this field of interest.

We record EVPS, and things in photos that are unexplainable, but some swear they are ghosts while others say it is paranormal but not ghosts. I myself lean toward the paranormal in certain cases of photography but reject most orbs because too many people who claim an orb in pictures are ghosts have nothing more than dust particles. I had one "professional" man  who is very well know, so his name will not be mentioned, but he swore that if an orb was just a single orb it was a ghost.

This in my opinion is irresponsible and he posted a photo of a single dust particle as evidence of a ghost and said that since it was single and he had a reading on his EMF meter, which was near a light socket by the way that it was a ghost.

I have yet to record even one EVP, so I am skeptical of those who have, I am not saying the EVP's are fake or not ghosts, but since I have tried for 5 years doing the same thing as those who have them, and have not recorded even one, I am leaning toward natural explanations of these EVP's.

I have heard some of people I know and they reuse tapes and I cannot rule out natural explanations at this point.

To have real scientific documentation that will be accepted by the scientific community this documentation will have to be under strict conditions and be documented by real scientists, not the weekend hobbyist who is a professional because they took a weekend seminar and created a website and had T-shirts and cups printed up.

Answer 13

There was a ghost that appeared in the form of a shot gun, than changed into a little boy in the movie "Three Men And A Baby".  If you watch the movie, It is the part when Ted Dansen's mother show up in the movie for the first time.  when the camera pans across, you see the shotgun clear as day.  When it pans back the other way, you see the little boy.  He will be standing exactly where the shot gun was by the window.