tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post112597480734296184..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: The Metropolitan Museum promotes ghostsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1126141769299522262005-09-07T21:09:00.000-04:002005-09-07T21:09:00.000-04:00Mr. Apraxine said, "I do not smirk at people who t...Mr. Apraxine said, "I do not smirk at people who tell me of paranormal experiences, but neither do I believe that the silhouette in a badly lit corridor is the ghost Aunt Dorothea coming back to spy on her husband," and you replied, "Well, why on earth not?"<BR/><BR/>The "why not" has a pretty easy answer. There is a vast difference between having a vagueish belief that there might be paranormal stuff out there (which seems to be Apraxine's position), and being willing to jump on any shred of apparent evidence for the paranormal. It hardly has to be all or nothing. Of course, the evidence from debunkers like Randi tends to justify disbelief in the paranormal, but not everyone is all that familiar of the debunkers' work, although they may have heard a little about Randi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1125993745745157762005-09-06T04:02:00.000-04:002005-09-06T04:02:00.000-04:00"What was that noise?""Ghost did it":)"What was that noise?"<BR/><BR/>"Ghost did it"<BR/><BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com