Originally posted by elfmotat
So just because you can't disprove them means they are real? Lets say I believe there is a giant floating octopus, and that you are trying to prove me wrong. According to your point, I would inevitably win just because you can't prove there isn't a giant floating octopus. See how dumb that sounds? And why do ghosts existing make more sense to you than vice versa?
I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything, I'm just curious as to why people believe in these things.
No, because you can't disprove something, that means it's just as likely for it to be real, as it is to not be real. If you said there was a giant floating octopus and I couldn't disprove it, that means that either one of us could be right. Because you believe there is one floating there, of course you would think it exists. Based on certain things, like not ever seeing that before, I would probably disagree that there's one floating. No one wins. No one is right, and no one is wrong. There's just different perspectives.
I personally believe it's impossible to actually know anything. Everything that I believe to be true could be completely wrong, even though there's just as much of a chance that what I believe could be right. It's kind of hard to form opinions when keeping that in mind, but if you don't, you'll end up insane... or more so than you already are, if you think everyone is already insane to an extent. So... because I feel the need to form opinions, and because the right information isn't always there so I can make informed opinions, I tend to go with what my gut says. Which tells me that ghosts are real. It doesn't make me right, but it doesn't make me wrong either.
Besides just my gut, one thing that helps in my belief, is the universe and how it acts. Everything is made from energy. That energy never goes away, it just changes. So the idea of dead people floating around doesn't seem that crazy of an idea to me. Though I do think in most cases of ghosts and hauntings, it's more of a leftover energy than anything else.
I tried to explain this to the best of my abilities, though I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't make much sense. I have someone talking to me and it's very distracting.