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They are real They are fake
Debate Score:63
Arguments:62
Total Votes:64
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Are ghosts real or fake?

For years and years the paranormal has been reported, but some people thinks it's a hoax. Do you think they are real or not? 

They are real

Side Score: 27
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They are fake

Side Score: 36

Just as real as UFO's. I think they just dont have enough scientific support yet. Same with UFO's. The UFO's hunter do not do enough. Also I think it is easier to find a ghost than a UFO's.

Side: They are real

As many of you all probably know i am one of the most stubborn, hard pressed atheist on this site. But damnit, i just cant shake my belief in ghosts. I dunno what it is but theres gotta be SOME explaination for them. scientifically of course. I dont think theyre souls of people or are conscious at all, maybe just imprints replaying on places they frequented in life? I dunno.

Side: They are real
1 point

It is just the human imagination. The reason why ghosts "exist" is the same reason as God, we make it up.

Side: They are fake
AveSatanas(4443) Disputed
1 point

I agree and disagree. Often the mind will think it sees what it wants to see, like shadows in the periferal vision. But, there are EVPs and Video footage and im not convinced ALL of it is debunked or fake.

Side: They are fake
1 point

A lot of claims that are ghosts are actually strong residual energy from past events that have happened in areas. It's like walking into a newly built house and it feeling "dead" while walking into a historical building and it feeling "alive". Tradgic moments are usually accompanied by strong energies such as fear, anger and the like. These are usually the "ghosts" people refer to but, are not actually ghosts at all.

Side: They are real
Nox0(1393) Disputed
1 point

What about ""strong residual energy"" energy from explosion of proto-star that sun and our planet came from? That was really huge event. If something like shooting 4 people could end up as a curse or something what about old battlefields or Hiroshima? Those places must be overfilled by magical creatures :D

Side: They are fake

if ghosts are so "fake" then how do we even know about them?

Use logic people

Side: They are real
Emperor(1348) Disputed
1 point

We made them up?

We miss a relative we used to love, and upon seeing something strange happen that reminds us of them, they think "Maybe they are back?"

and that over time turns into a wide reaching concept of ghosts.

Duh.

We've never seen an ALIEN, but the concept of ALIENS exist.

Even pictures of aliens, photos too.

But no, we have no aliens we can verify. Soooooo...?

Side: They are fake
1 point

But i'm an alien...

Idk why but I missed you...?

yeah >.>

:D

Side: They are real

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed

If the brain utilizes energy to form emotions, then it is possible that ghosts are the remnant of massive emotions that produced so much energy that are yet to be converted.

Which explains why Haunted houses have a dark past.

Side: They are real
xBetzy(123) Disputed
1 point

But why does the energy behave the way humans do, because by all accounts it shouldn't, and doesn't. Also an example: if you boil a pot of water on a stove the temperature rises, the pot is like the body and the flame is our consumption of energy. As soon as the consumption stops the gained energy is lost leaving only the waters basal kinetic energy, in a sense the corpse. But the amount of time it takes for the energy to dissipate is not a long time.

Side: They are fake
Centifolia(1319) Disputed
1 point

What makes you think that Emotional Energy falls under the energy types that is known to science?

Just to let you know, there are cases where memory is inherited by transplant patients. Which means that science does not even know where memory is stored. Let alone manage have a good hypothesis of the origin of Human Conciousness

Side: They are real

Ghosts do exist but they are shy and do not want to be seen by humans.

Side: They are real
1 point

I have no reason to believe they are real. I won't go as far to say it is a hoax. I just think it is the imagination running wild.

Side: They are fake

What if you see a shadowy figure in front of your house?

Side: They are fake
1 point

Shadows don't mean anything, light is tricky, shadows can come from anything. I thought my dog was on my couch last night because of a shadow of a pillow.

Side: They are fake

I haven't witnessed a ghost in any way myself. I don't know anybody who has witnessed a ghost in any way either.

All kinds of crap and bullshit are on TV, so I'm not gonna believe it just because some american show suggest you do.

Side: They are fake
1 point

I don't personally think they do but that doesn't stop the possibility of them being real.

Side: They are fake
1 point

Show me a ghost I want to fuck.... and I'll tell you they are real!

Side: They are fake

I selected fake but I think neither is probably ever gping to be for sure. Here's why:

1. No one in history can prove no ghost exists. Why? Because no one knows every corner and person of the world in history. And even if you could prove any theoretical evidence of ghosts false, there's always the possibility that they exist and they just aren't ghosts that people can see or sense in any way, outside of legends.

2. Some scientific evidence actually says that it's possible that human consciousness may have more to do with the electrons in one's brain than the physical, chemical brain. If that's the case then just hypothetically, since electrons don't rot with the rest of the matter right, consciousness could exist in some weird form after the body has died. Even if it is for a short time.

On the other hand:

1. There's no conclusive proof of that either.

1. No one can prove ghosts exist either.

Side: They are fake
1 point

If 'Ghosts' were real, they would have been seen by now.

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Side: They are fake