I think that ghosts exist, but only in the mind of the person seeing it
They do not physically materialise, they are but a figment of our imagination. Whenever a person says they ahve seen a ghost, and the story begins'

"I was in my bed/I was just about to fall asleep/i woke up to see a...", then it is just a dream they were having, despite what they might say.

The human mind creates reality on the fly, therefore can do whatever the fuck it likes.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:29, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

especially
when you are on the edge of sleep. Sense input gets all confused for me - concepts become shapes, words become colours or textures.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:30, Reply)

there's so many things wrong with this.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:31, Reply)

such as?

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:34, Reply)

You think things that are imagined 'exist'
So the tooth fairy exists because children believe in it?
And the mind doesn't create reality on the fly, it interprets sensation and turns it into perception. It's not perfect but it's not creating reality. And it can't do what ever the fuck it likes, there are limits to what the mind can do.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:39, Reply)

you clearly haven't taken enough psychadelics

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:41, Reply)

Erm... No one ever *sees* the tooth fairy, or Santa now, do they.
I think that the mind itself creates the illusion of the 'ghost' and, much like a dream, the illusion looks and feels real, therefore is taken as real.

"it interprets sensation and turns it into perception", which is exactly the same thing as creating it 'on the fly'. When I said it can do whatever the fuck it likes, I obviously meant within the boundaries of possibility. To be more precise, it has the power to make you believe anything...that there are spiders under your skin, that your friend is your enemy and wants to kill you, that a flower in a field is in fact the manifestation of God or that U2 are actually talented.

OK, maybe a bit far fetched at the end there, but basically, your mind creates YOUR reality and therefore has the ability, with or without the help of drugs, to warp it however it pleases. Ask Monty about the DMT..
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:56, Reply)

The one person I've ever known who claimed to have seen ghosts
was the product of a truly terrifying childhood and was consequently a bit mental.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:32, Reply)

The mother of your child?

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:33, Reply)

Ha - no, the GF before her
*is busted*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:35, Reply)

But what would YOU do if you saw a ghost or what you thought was a ghost?
Would you walk towards it, try and communicate with it, or run like fuck. I mean, apart from the movies, when was the last time someone was actually physically harmed by a 'ghost'. It's not the dead you have to be wary of, it's the living.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:38, Reply)

living Welsh
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 17:11, Reply)

that is actually hynogogic hallucination,
when you're falling asleep. usually.
waking dreams like innit. dead common.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:33, Reply)

You are, rather.
PS there's no such word as 'hynogogic'. Hope this helps.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:35, Reply)

i spelt it wrong :(
r u bullyin me?
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:39, Reply)

YES.
*wedgies SSG*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:46, Reply)