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12 December 11

Question Of The Day

Some of you may know that I am a genuine card-carrying skeptic, which doesn’t mean, as is often said, that I don’t believe in anything. What it means is that I don’t believe in extraordinary things without evidence. Someone’s opinion or anecdotal evidence isn’t enough.  This is a big problem on the internet, where people think yelling or bullying makes a person right. ;)

But it also means keeping an open mind.

So here’s my question to you. Do you believe in any ‘paranormal’ stuff, and if so, what kind? I’m not judging, just curious.

Crop circles, UFOs, reincarnation, esp, phrenology, astrology, telekinetics, ghosts, life after death, mediums, cryptozoology, any of that stuff? Can you specify both what and why, where possible?

  1. ealperin reblogged this from ladyhuffybottom
  2. ealperin reblogged this from blackalice
  3. countryboylife said: Ghosts - first hand experience, keep an open mind on most of the others. But I suspect the explanation is just not science yet, eg Ball lightning, REF Clarkes 3 laws.
  4. ladyhuffybottom reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    ‘I’m just wondering why the miracles that can’t be proven are so much less urgent to most people than the ones that...
  5. newageamazon reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    believe in reincarnation, but I also believe I could be wrong on...to make myself feel...
  6. blackalice reblogged this from ealperin and added:
    Thank you, ealperin! :-)
  7. hundredthidiot reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Yes! Yes yes yes.
  8. depechemoses reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    ESP, there was an episode of Through the Wormhole about...where they did experiments and...
  9. ealperin reblogged this from blackalice and added:
    Wow! Excellent post, BA! :D
  10. tonguedepresser said: Nope. I’ve been a lifelong skeptic as well. I don’t like to bring it up, though, because people always will think I am some kind of god-hating… god-hater.
  11. fuchsiaprose reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    my favorite memories from childhood was being dragged on ghost hunting outings. Granted,
  12. cmwich reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    I think the fact that these miracles can be proven tends to make them less miraculous in the eyes of the...
  13. blackalice reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    You’re looking at someone who has...very avid interest in the supernatural, paranormal,...
  14. vejigante said: Well, i think there is life on other planets(It’s a big universe after all), but i don’t believe in the UFO stuff.
  15. brandebouc reblogged this from gailsimone
  16. whatsurdamage said: Nope, don’t believe in any of it. If reasonable evidence were presented I’d reconsider but the odds of that happening are slim. Also, I feel like the whole thing is kinda moot and not worth debating because it has no bearing on how i live my life.
  17. havecrayonswilltravel reblogged this from gailsimone
  18. greatergoods said: I’d LOVE to believe in ghosts (but just can’t), and am probably ‘alien agnostic.’ I understand why so many women turn to ESP and horoscopes for guidance (being left out of traditional institutions, medicine, etc.) but it can be… embarrassing.
  19. metalzerofour reblogged this from gailsimone
  20. rainglazed reblogged this from elfgrove and added:
    I don’t think that it’s a bad thing to always be questioning — in fact I think I think it’s something more people need...
  21. krelllabs reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    pretty hardcore skeptic....paranormal at all, or god or gods or supernatural beings
  22. blueelectricangels reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    know, I mean, I’m not a believer, per se - too many things fail to pass the ‘Where’s the money?’ test for me to put much...
  23. captain-fur said: I’m a huge skeptical. I don’t believe in God, I don’t even believe in Santa. ;)
  24. girl-in-c-major reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    That, I’m not entirely sure about. I think a lot of inventive and exploratory science stuff is very riveting myself. I...
  25. elfgrove reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    I think it comes down to having (or desiring to have) faith. So many of us have been soured to religion and gods, or...
  26. fanboywatchtower reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    tend to keep an open mind. there are somethings...(UFO’s) i don’t discount because really,...
  27. stoopidtallkid said: No, though cryptozoology is close. There are species out there we haven’t found yet, but they probably aren’t Bigfoots and lost dinosaurs.
  28. ryanlrussell said: Just my religion, pretty standard stuff.
  29. gailsimone reblogged this from girl-in-c-major and added:
    Okay, but see, I think that’s an odd position. There ARE miracles and bizarre things discovered all the time…it’s just...
  30. yanbasque reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    used to, though. When...astral projections and...like that....
  31. menshevixen said: I want to believe! I’m just a huge X-Files fan. :B I do believe that alien life exists, and I have a couple of tarot decks.
  32. 33blackbirds said: Extraterrestrial life has to exist out there, just not in the way UFOs are presented. I try to keep an open mind about the supernatural, but I’m skeptical.
  33. ravenjade reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Nooope, maybe it’s because my mom believes in fortune telling and stuff...just roll my...
  34. girl-in-c-major reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    always something amazing that man does not know, has not discovered...comprehend. So, I...
  35. mayak46 said: none of the above because never seen credible evidence. open mind though, If evidence can be stand up to the scientific method.
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