Is ghost hunting a real science or just a fun hobby?

Merlin · #1 06-08-2007, 16:32

Many ghost hunters I know and from reading certian books they claim to be scientists using scientific methods to prove ghost exist.

rhsaunders · #2 06-08-2007, 16:33

Just for fun. See "Ghostbusters" if you haven't; it's a delight.

twistedtattler · #3 06-08-2007, 16:33

Hey, look. If ghosts, monsters, ghouls and mythical beings were fake.. why do they keep appearing in stories and experiences.. they real. Just don't like to be shown.

stevenB · #4 06-08-2007, 16:33

This is a good question. I've answered many almost identical questions to this one before, so I'll only give a brief recap here.

Ghost Hunting (GH) is in no way a true "science". There are some scientists who engage in this activity, but it is (as you suggest) a sort of hobby - an none of these claim that ghost hunting is genuinely a science. Science requires the use of the scientific method, which demands that any data collected be reproducible. This is one area where GH fails the test--one cannot reproduce "ghost data".

Further, there are no scientific thoeries that make testable predictions wrt ghosts. Period. GH is what we refer to as a "pseudo-science" -- that is, something that is NOT science, but is presented as if it were. Sadly, there is no law to forbid this, so it up to you to know the difference. One thing to look for with pseudo-science is if it's being used to stir up public interest that can lead to income for the presenters; or if it's being presented as enteratinment--like "TAPS".

Really, be careful with this. One can legally call anything "science", no matter how un-scientific, or totally lame it is. Be sure you have solid definitions of: Science, Theory, Hypothesis, and the Scientific Method. Knowing these well will help you not to be fooled.

Darwwyz · #5 06-08-2007, 16:33

ghost hunting is the mystic / paranormal world ,it is old theory that came before the modern world by the whitch for example.
science is only want to prove it using up to date technology and calculate example the theory of electricity or other method. so each of them is not a fun....

windblows456789 · #6 06-08-2007, 16:34

i think just a fun hobby.

Peter D · #7 06-08-2007, 16:34

It's a hobby. If they use truly scientific methods then they aren't even ghost hunting at all--they're just observing an empty space.

The biggest error I see with so-called ghost hunters is that they appear to be on a mission to validate the claim that a place is haunted. That is not being objective and is therefore unscientific.

The other major problem I see with ghost hunters is they appear to be just hunting for anomalies. Anything they can't immediately explain is automatically a ghost. This is about as unscientific as you can get.

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