I don't disagree with you, Mr. SD.
It's just that the only instances where scientific standards of evidence have any sway are instances where they've been applied.
I think there is a tendency to attemp to extend the application of the scientific method, something that only functions with regards to specific sets of data, to more general phenomena for which there isn't even agreement on what constitutes data.
The scientific method only applies when it can be applied. Even in ghost-related instances where it can be applied, it doesn't really say anything about whether ghosts actually exist or not.
Really, the scientific method is irrelevant here. Someday it might not be.
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