Seen a spooky ghost? Scientist believe ghost sightings may be caused by mould - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Magman77;47464939]Uh, I'm afraid the answer's been found. You're not going to like it. [editline]5th April 2015[/editline] [/QUOTE] If you mean by that whole mould thingy, it still doesnt explain why some newly constructed houses and renovated houses are having weird paranormal activities.

[QUOTE=freaka;47465084]If you mean by that whole mould thingy, it still doesnt explain why some newly constructed houses and renovated houses are having weird paranormal activities.[/QUOTE] Oh, I thought the context was different. What I thought you meant is that you thought it was real and that scientists would some day find an explanation for why the paranormal realm exists. :v:

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[QUOTE=ImperialGuard;47465039]This is really weird. I started listening to a random episode of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History and he talked about the fungus's possible link to sightings of God during the reformation. Literally a minute before I checked this thread.[/QUOTE] Yeah it does seem like it could be the case, though we probably need some more solid studies before nailing down this wicked truth. So basically, perhaps we perform an experimental study wherein people with a religious inclination are offered toast that has slight traces of ergot or LSD along with some Eleusinian-style kykeon (wherein the barley used was theorized to have been infested by the ergot fungus), then put them in situations that have been linked to people seeing angels or the gods, and see how many of the test subjects have religious hallucinations over the course of the test. In addition, there would be the atheist control group, the non-addled religious group, and a group of atheists that are exposed to the treated food, alongside the ergot-addled religious group. Also none of the groups would know about the ergot or that the test is studying the possible link between ergot-induced hallucinations and "contact with the divine". No pregnant test subjects though, it might have an adverse effect on unborn children.

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That's one valid and logical explanation, but that doesn't remove the myth. This was just most likely decided in a lab, people experience "ghosts" through more than just ways of sight in all different types of areas. Albeit I have a feeling that whatever "it" is, the cases where it's not the products of the brain fooling itself or having hallucinations is extremely rare, if it's even real. I feel like people in the scientific field just want to write off the phenomena as bullshit without properly getting deep in that scientific ass. It's like weird situation, most people who believe in ghosts aren't equipped or trained to conduct thorough PROPER research, and the ones that are have more important things to be doing or look at it in a negative way and look to find immediate debunks scenarios. It pisses me off that most "Ghost researchers" or whatever just fucking hold a camera in a dark room and ask "ghosts" questions and it's all just a load of bullshit, if this phenomena has some sort of outside source beyond the human brain tricking itself it's pretty important that we discover it and properly confirm it.

To be perfectly honest I'm pretty sure the whole "are ghosts real" question was signed off with "fuck no" as an answer a long time ago when people started figuring out the basics of proper science and proper science made it clear that ghosts are kind of bullshit. Spending any more money in research to figure out that the answer isn't actually "fuck no" but "for real, in all seriousness, for a really long answer, fuuuuuuck noooo" would be a pretty big waste.

There's so many explanations for ghost sightings. Mold, low-frequency sounds, fatigue, mental illness, power of suggestion, strong emotions, reflected light, etc. The brain is incredible, but it gets tricked super easily.

[QUOTE=.Isak.;47466450]There's so many explanations for ghost sightings. Mold, low-frequency sounds, fatigue, mental illness, power of suggestion, strong emotions, reflected light, etc. The brain is incredible, but it gets tricked super easily.[/QUOTE] Not to mention people who just [I]want to believe[/I] and will only see what they want to see. Some people just get a big kick out of it. Also, speaking of explanations, wasn't there a theory a while back that stated large iron framed beds could give hallucinations because of magnetism, since you'd basically sleep in a pocket magnetic field ?