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The Dunning-Kruger effect might also be a reasonable explanation for why people try to use science to support their lack of belief in ghosts.
For instance, it seems like the overconfidence you have in your grasp of the scientific method has led you to draw an erroneous conclusion about the general nature of all supernatural experiences. The dancing lady can be made to turn different ways because she lacks definition. Sure, it speaks to the possibility that things can be misinterpreted. But everything can be misinterpreted. This doesn't mean that you can just assume that you can chalk every instance of implausibility up to human error. Arguably, the Dunning-Kruger effect is responsible for the assumption that a lack of scientific corroboration is proof that certain phenomena can't occur.
I have a fundamental, firsthand grasp of scientific principles. I don't know if ghosts exist, but I'm pretty sure that, in light of the basic limitations of the scientific method, the notion that science right now has anything to say about the fact of whether ghosts exist or not betrays a lack of understanding of science.
Regardless of what science says (or doesn't say), if my dead great grandmother appeared in front of me and told me to quit fucking around and marry my girlfriend, I might be inclined to believe in ghosts.
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