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Originally Posted by Lasereth
There is a hell of a lot of sidestepping of this question in this thread. Fuck what the semantics of the words "evidence, proof, exist," etc. mean. Give me a break. Everybody in this thread knows what I mean when I say evidence, proof, and existence. Either ghosts exist or they don't, and I find it extremely interesting that most people believe they do. That's what this thread is about.
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First, the scientific perspective: I think it very important to consider the specific nature of "proof" for the existence of "ghosts"; sight, sound, magnetic field interference, gravity - some generally accepted and measurable means to quantify the existence of an object, whether to use traditional physics or quantum physics is up to you.
Now the philosophical answer (since this is the correct forum): Most people believe ghosts exist because they
want them to. The existence of an entity that was once "alive", but now "dead" as we understand the terms is of great import to the human mind - that of immortality.
Am I on the right track to answering your fundamental question?