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The Age Old Science Vs. Hobby Debate
Tonight at dinner I had a chance to visit with my dear friend Sandy and another member of our former team. As we concluded the meal, Sandy and I began discussing the age old debate over ghost hunting as hobby and ghost hunting as science.The reason m...
The Case Against "Unity"
Image via WikipediaIn my Google News Feed this morning I ran across an article at Who Forted News arguing against the idea of "Paranormal Unity."This idea, that makes the rounds every so often, holds that all people working in the field of paranormal...
Yes, but does it blink?
If you look to the right you will notice a new poll on the sidebar. The poll asks the question: Which of these can be used to communicate with ghosts? My thoughts in conducting this poll are to see if people's attitudes are swayed by electronic gad...
More or Less Skeptical?
What happens as we investigate more and more? Do we tend to become more accepting of paranormal phenomena and claims of haunting? Do we get jaded and more dismissive? No one, to my knowledge, has ever asked that question and backed it up with hard i...
Some Thoughts On Scientific Teams
What is a "scientific" investigation team? The popular definition coined by Ghost Hunters Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson is one that seeks to look for natural causes first and paranormal causes only when natural explanations cannot be ruled o...
Are EVP Just Radio?
EVP's are just radio signals. That's one idea thrown out by hard-core skeptics. Yet, they have failed to produce any hard evidence to back it up. EVP's are "ghosts" communicating. That's the other end of the spectrum thrown out by true beli...
New EMF Study
A new report by Christopher French of London College details an experiment he conducted using a fake "haunted room". Building upon Michael Persinger's experiments and his newer work attempting to link EMF and haunting phenomena, French and...
Out on a Limb, basically...
There are so many "theories" in paranormal investigation that it's actually mind boggling. Almost every day someone comes up with a new "theory" off the top of his or her head. You'll notice that I put "theory" in quot...
Science as Religion
In our forums we have been having discussions of the self styled "skeptics" that enjoy poo-pooing any investigation of paranormal activity (except their own). As I read one of the latest posts regarding a commentary by Benjamin Radford, ...
Science Tackles the Afterlife (again)
It seems that the scientists at the University of Southampton in England have decided they will study Near Death Experiences or NDE in cardiac arrest patients. To test this, the researchers have set up special shelving in resuscitation areas. Th...
Still here...
It is just after 5 in the morning Mountain Standard Time and I am still here. Therefore, I can assume that Europe still exists as well. That must be quite a disappointment for some folks since they were sure the Large Hadron Collider would spell the ...
