How Science Explains Ghosts
Scientists did experiments to show that ghosts are probably just an illusion created by the mind, that is when the mind is dealing with illness or stress. The scientists believe that people that experienced sensations of spirits around them had either a physical or emotional pain that they were dealing with. So what the scientists did in Switzerland were test out some of those theories.
How they made the artificial ghosts were the scientists set up a robot device, that would allow the volunteers to control the movements of a joined mechanical arm with their index fingers. The movements relayed to another robot arm, that would touch the volunteers backs. Each volunteer was blindfolded, there were 12 of them. When they were questioned about how they were feeling, several reported of the feeling of something was close to them or watching them.
Out of the 12 participates, two were so disturbed by the 'artificial ' ghosts, that they had asked the scientists to halt the macabre experiment. Before the experiment was conducted, the researchers had carried out brain scans on 12 patients that had neurological disorders and in the past they encountered what the scientists called FOPs. FOPs means feelings of presence.
So what they wanted to do was show that ghosts are just in our minds, but even with the study some people still believe in ghosts.
How they made the artificial ghosts were the scientists set up a robot device, that would allow the volunteers to control the movements of a joined mechanical arm with their index fingers. The movements relayed to another robot arm, that would touch the volunteers backs. Each volunteer was blindfolded, there were 12 of them. When they were questioned about how they were feeling, several reported of the feeling of something was close to them or watching them.
Out of the 12 participates, two were so disturbed by the 'artificial ' ghosts, that they had asked the scientists to halt the macabre experiment. Before the experiment was conducted, the researchers had carried out brain scans on 12 patients that had neurological disorders and in the past they encountered what the scientists called FOPs. FOPs means feelings of presence.
So what they wanted to do was show that ghosts are just in our minds, but even with the study some people still believe in ghosts.
Do you believe in ghosts?Why?
Have you ever thought to experience something paranormal?
Do you think that this study did a good job explaining why some people think they have seen a ghost?
Sources
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2824134/Scientists-create-GHOSTS-lab-Volunteers-brains-tricked-thinking-s-creepy-presence-room.html
http://www.gizmag.com/artificial-ghost-apparitions-epfl/34643/
I think this has the beginnings of a valid study but it may prove impossible to fully disprove the existence of ghosts.
ReplyDeleteMaybe ghosts are an illusion that your brain makes up as an excuse or explanation to an event that you can't actually find a reasonable explanation to. or ghosts could be linked to events that you have gone through in the past.
ReplyDeleteThere is no way to prove or disprove ghosts until you die and either do or dont become one. Just like the afterlife or heaven/hell.
ReplyDeleteI think that if a person really believes in ghost than they exist to them and that's all they will ever be because we will never be able to prove or disprove them.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the study did a good job explaining why some people think they have seen ghosts?
ReplyDeleteIf a person thinks that ghosts exist then they will most likely think that they have seen one in their life, it's all mental.
ReplyDeleteJake Dunbar
I think there are ghosts out there along with spirits but any type of test or experiment about them are a bunch of made up mumbo jumbo like ghost hunter tv shows and things like that people discover ghosts on their own terms not when people want to fin them at the time they want to.
ReplyDeleteI don't think ghosts can exist if we cant prove their existence with science.
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