Fun episode. Some years ago I went to my local library where a young woman gave a lecture about hauntings at a couple of popular Michigan locations. It was entertaining, and I told her she did a good job with her presentation. But I came to understand from the Q&A session, that I was the only person present who didn't believe in ghosts. All of the others there, from young to old, were completely convinced and had zero skepticism about pretty obvious claims.

@scottplumer3668

2 ай бұрын

I know some people like that. I call them True Believers, and nothing can change their minds. For example, we went to Scotland on vacation a couple years ago, and using a film camera, I took a lot of photos, including one of a castle that had a wisp of white over it. When I posted it on FB, I jokingly asked if it was a ghost, and I had two of my friends vehemently claim that it was a ghost, despite my 40-year-old Canon AE-1 having a history of light leaks in the film door. SMH

@janerkenbrack3373

2 ай бұрын

@@scottplumer3668 Haha. I shot a million pictures with my AE-1. Well, thousands, anyway. Lots of slides too. I have a digital camera and use it, but it isn't the same.

@scottplumer3668

2 ай бұрын

@@janerkenbrack3373 you could always come back to film. Come to dark(room) side!

@janerkenbrack3373

2 ай бұрын

@@scottplumer3668 Lol. I'll think about it.

Keep it coming! Fan from India!

This was fun to watch!

Awesome!!!!!

Where do the cave people ghost hang out??

I can sense entities in that studio around you.

@anarchords1905

2 ай бұрын

I knew you were going to say that.😏 Also, just noticed your name there. I'm actually going through TST's 'The Satanic Children's Big Book of Activities' with mine at the moment. It's healthy for them to have a Satanist dad. Fortunately I live in Europe, so we won't all be getting attacked by hoards of babbling, googly-eyed fundies with pitchforks and MAGA hats. None of whom seem capable of processing the sentence "We don't believe in a Satan", despite having it explained to them over and over again. Thank you for your time. Peace n Punk n Hail Satan and all that.

Depressing lack of scholarship by Kenny. As I lifelong reader of the Skeptical Inquirer, I certainly know that Ghostbusters was NOT the originator of foolish EMF misinterpretations. And that “explanation” about picking up errant radio station signals reveals Kenny knows absolutely nothing about the kind of grounding faults and stray currents which are AMPLY found in semi-abandoned, dilapidated buildings. I’m embarrassed for CSICOP.

@centaur7607

2 ай бұрын

If Ghost Busters wasn't the originator, what was? I'm genuinely curious, though I do wonder if Ghost Busters could have popularized the idea of using EMF to search for ghosts, even if it didn't originate the idea.

well belief in 'God' or religion and and possibly afterlife are not in my mind even related. There's something to it but what who knows?

If animals don't understand the concept of death, why do prey animals run from predators? Pure thoughtless instinct?

@janerkenbrack3373

2 ай бұрын

I took it to mean that animals don't think about life after death.

@scottplumer3668

2 ай бұрын

I think they meant that they understand the possibility of their impending death in the jaws of a predator, but they can't think about it in the abstract, like "I'm going to die someday..."

@janerkenbrack3373

2 ай бұрын

@@scottplumer3668 That's about right.

@schmal911

2 ай бұрын

It's no different than any other evolutionary trait. The reason animals do flee from predators today is simply because the ones that didn't died and couldn't reproduce. This has played out over millions and millions of years, so now every animal is hard-wired for self preservation because it's advantageous for reproduction.

@jffryh

2 ай бұрын

@@schmal911 is it brainless instinct, or do they have understanding of the concept of death?

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@sorrow2305

2 ай бұрын

Are you a bot? This relates to anything in the video, how?

@humanrightsadvocate

2 ай бұрын

I'm just saying that there are more important things we should be skeptical about. @@sorrow2305