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Originally Posted by sjf911
Well, there is anecdotal evidence which obviously is the weakest kind of evidence. However, there is no physical mechanism within the known laws of physics that would support the existence of ghosts/souls, conservation of energy/information and all that including lack of degrees of freedom within the electromagnetic quantum field.
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I stand corrected.
It seems that the more we learn about the human brain and how we experience the world around us, the less reliable (or more questionable) our interpretations of all of these different "phenomena" become. "Eyewitness" testimony is extremely unreliable. Shockingly unreliable. Also, it seems (and trying to keep this out of PARF) some people are more susceptible to certain "beliefs" than others. That doesn't call into question the
veracity of the belief at all - just the "reality" or truth of the belief.
When I was a kid, I saw a train engine driving down a paved road. I saw it. To this day (~50 years later) I can still picture in my mind that train engine going down the road. My eyes and my brain told me what I saw was real. It wasn't.
I am fascinated by these ghost stories - not because I believe any of them to be true - but because these experiences were so real to the observer that
they believe they are true. That is what is interesting. The fraternity house I lived in for 2.5 years in college was supposedly haunted. I can tell lots of stories of "supernatural events" that supposedly went on in that house (even while I lived there). I didn't experience any of these events, but I can assure you that those that did experience them believed them to be true.
That's fascinating.