I'm of the opinion that 90% of it isn't real. Yeah. Ghosts, psychics, ESP... I think it's all fake. I suppose I've got a 'prove-it' attitude. So far, the only thing that I have managed to see for myself that exists is EVP, or Electronic Voice Phenomenon.

What are your opinions on paranormal stuff, and EVP in particular?

Do anybody see that new ghost video on Ebaums World? It does kinda look like a hoax, but it's still creepy. Does anyone have any background info on it?

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/ghostgirl.html

I hate all those dumb paranormal shows on Sci-fi and Travel channels. It is scarier how bad those shows are and what a big deal the channels make of them.

EVP is just like the people that 'see' Jesus in a pancake or soiled bedsheets. You are constructing something percievable out of something random, and that perception will usually be of something familiar to you, like a face. It is simply because we spend a lot of time seeing and hearing very non-random things, so when we come across something that is random, we try to construct something non-random out of it simply because that is what we are used to*. With pancake-Jesus, it is constructing a human face out of pancake mixture. With EVP, it is constructing human sounds out of random white noise (possibly accentuated by interference from radio signals). I think it's called pareidolia.



* There are two possible reasons for this. The first is that it may infact be a evolutionary trait, to recognise human faces and sounds - infants that don't would be less likely to find a parent, and die. The second is that it is constant reinforcement from the environment around you.

How do they know it's Jesus? No one knows what Jesus looked like.

that ebaums thing was cool but way too easy to pull off as a hoax, someone could have just been lying in the field until someone gave her a signal to appear

Yeah, our brains are basically hard-wired to look for patterns in any sort of data, whether it be white noise on a cassette tape or random blotches on a pancake. Especially patterns that suggest the presence of another human, such as a face or a voice.

If there was paranormal stuff, it would be cool.

I guess its one of those "you had to be their" experiences. People claim they've been shoved, slapped, touched, and tapped by spirits and they leave a cold spot on where they touched you. I know Echo hates the shows on Sci-Fi but whenever they catch something on tape, they try to prove what they saw and there have been a couple occurences that can't be done by a human.

The film editing room is filled with magic.

So is my pants.

And so is my bong.

The weakest magic any woman will ever witness.

Seriously IRG, your sole reason for posting on Massassi is to insult Rob, isn't it? Jeez..

Don't take the internet so seriously freelancer.

Besides, I hardly ever even address Rob.

I'm sure that most of those ghost sightings are fake, and that ALL "alien abductions" are fake. As was said before, anybody with the right equipment can pull off a "real" paranormal event.

Do you think we are alone in the universe?

so you admit you're a troll? rofl.

Hell no. How the hell did you get that out of THAT post? Seriously.

[QUOTE=IRG SithLord]The weakest magic any woman will ever witness.[/QUOTE]


Yeah.

Thats what my ex-girlfriend would probably tell you.



(Note the rolleyes, they mean that was sarcsm. You big DUMBIES)

I believe in UFO's and Ghosts. Simply because I myself have experienced both sightings.

We call that matrixing.

[QUOTE=IRG SithLord]Do you think we are alone in the universe?[/QUOTE]

I'm sure there's life out there, intelligent or not. But I don't think that Earth has ever been visited by extraterrestrials.

The greatest paranormal phenominon to behold is the "ghost poop."

Now that there is some right CRAZY WEIRD ****. (pun intended)


Especially after you dump a huge load.

Ah, yes... the ever-elusive ghost poop, or "ghost poopie" as it is also known... :p

funnyjunk reference!

I believe in energy and Nature. If this includes compact energy in one space to form a "ghost" then okay. If not, then nah.

I'm very neutral on some things

Of course there's always that...

Reminds me of the time that, when it first came out, War of the Worlds was read over the radio. A good chunk of the population tuned in halfway through and thought earth was actually being invaded.

They should have used that to weed out the genetically inferior.

VIVA LA SELECTIVE BREEDING!

Hey Ghost's are cool!

Gestalt-psychology

Edit: aka what Mort-Hog said. One day I'll know something he doesn't know.

poppycock, tensh. He doesn't know how many fingers you're holding up right now.

Hah! Me and a friend often times play a game when we're out - one of us pictures heads or tails in his head, the other has to guess. Then the other one thinks of something, etc...

We had like a streak of 9 correct in a row the first time we did it. Then I guessed wrong - must be because my concentration slipped

Okay, here's a game for you: what am I chewing on right now?

The paranormal? I think it's all made up garbage, though I do have a friend who believes she can see ghosts...


aluminum

That was the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

It was 20 years after the book came out. They made up news reports about it.

-Aisde from that, it's true. Some people commited suicide, I believe.

WANG!

No-one committed suicide, but there was a large-scale public distress. It is worth noting that this was in 1938, and the public generally thought that the invasion was not Martian but rather by German troops.