Ghost Hunting Influence
The Influence of Modern Science on Ghost Hunting Modern science has led to the development of instruments and tools to attempt finding solid evidence of the presence of ghosts. For thousands of years, people from all different cultures and places have claimed to feeling and see spirits. The Society of Physical Research was the first organization to implement the scientific method to prove or disprove accounts of paranormal activity. With its founding in London, England in 1882, the next major scientific movement was not until the parapsychology lab was started at Duke University in the 1930s. This program continually failed to find credibility in its claims. The Ghost Hunters Store online advertises that their products have been featured
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The ghost hunting phenomenon that has been propagated by television and the internet has created a community of people who believe in supernatural occurrences with meaningless data. While there are a few points stated by David M. Roundtree in his book Paranormal Technology: Understanding the Science of Ghost Hunting. --- insert claims about RVP and unexplained EMV--- Roundtree also admits that the unexplained phenomenon like RVP and ---unique electromagnetic fields occurring in places where haunting have been claimed to be--- are just that. They are unexplainable because the science has not found the answer to it yet. Amateur ghost hunters run with these ideas without all of the facts. My reaction to the opinions of ghost hunters is very skeptical. I do not understand how or why people can see and openly admit that there is not proof or adequate information, but will still stand firm on myths and imagination. I have always viewed paranormal and spiritual topics closer to the views of scientists. After reading so many websites and books about ghost hunting, I needed to hear from a side that uses an objective method to get proof that can be replicated. My opinions and beliefs were not swayed in the process of completing this assignment. In fact, it made me more confident in my stance of not believing in what I cannot see or prove. If someday there is hard, factual proof of the existence of ghosts, I would reconsider my
The ghost hunting phenomenon that has been propagated by television and the internet has created a community of people who believe in supernatural occurrences with meaningless data. While there are a few points stated by David M. Roundtree in his book Paranormal Technology: Understanding the Science of Ghost Hunting. --- insert claims about RVP and unexplained EMV--- Roundtree also admits that the unexplained phenomenon like RVP and ---unique electromagnetic fields occurring in places where haunting have been claimed to be--- are just that. They are unexplainable because the science has not found the answer to it yet. Amateur ghost hunters run with these ideas without all of the facts. My reaction to the opinions of ghost hunters is very skeptical. I do not understand how or why people can see and openly admit that there is not proof or adequate information, but will still stand firm on myths and imagination. I have always viewed paranormal and spiritual topics closer to the views of scientists. After reading so many websites and books about ghost hunting, I needed to hear from a side that uses an objective method to get proof that can be replicated. My opinions and beliefs were not swayed in the process of completing this assignment. In fact, it made me more confident in my stance of not believing in what I cannot see or prove. If someday there is hard, factual proof of the existence of ghosts, I would reconsider my