Is there any documented research regarding the authenticity of paranormal existance? I am looking for credible investigations which, to a high degree, prove or disprove the existance of ghosts. I am looking for governmental studies in particular. Thanks
It’s impossible to disprove something like this (you might want to think about this for a minute, because it’s important). But since there has never been any credible evidence for anything paranormal, nor any well-done research that shows positive results, most rational people have accepted that the “paranormal” doesn’t exist.
The James Randi Educational Foundation will pay a million dollars for proof of anything paranormal, so if you find anything, be sure to let them know.
As CurtC says, it’s difficult to prove something doesn’t exist.
But the total evidence for the paranormal, including ghosts, is exactly the same as for Santa Claus, fire-breathing dragons and the tooth fairy i.e. none.
I don’t believe in Santa Claus, so why should I believe in the paranormal?
I do believe that many people are gullible, wishful and thus exploited by hucksters who claim to have paranormal powers.
According to Cecil(s little helper), CIA and Pentagon spent about $20million, looking at this.
(quoting from Did the U.S. government fund psychic research?
So, the US government spent USD 2M, and found nothing. (I could have done that for half the money!)
First, the Duke University USED to have a department of Parapsychology-this was founded by the late Dr. JB Rhine. He was the guy who ran those experiments with the goofy “zener” cards. After testing huge numbers of innocent students, he somehow convinced himself that a few people were able to guess the correct cards (at a slight level above chance). Back in the early 1980’s, his heir apparent (I forget the man’s name) was found to have falsified his experimental results, after this the University stopped funding the institute. The last university to have done ESP research was UNLV, and that has stopped as well.The concnsus seems to be that “ESP” has no credibility, and I don’t know of anyone who is persuing it at this point.
Too bad, life coul have been so cool if ESP was real!