Comment on Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts?

• dupelet_comments@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I know, but seeing as most of the content comes from the book…

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  • ageedizzle@piefed.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The book addresses these standard debunking claims that you find in this article. Most of these dubunking strategies only work if the person doesn’t know what they are talking about or are leaving out important details and lying by omission. I used to be very skeptical of this sort of stuff (and still consider myself to be a skeptical person, for example I’m still an atheist), and I was a fan of skeptics magazine and all the standard debunkers and the like. This only changed when I decided to actually read the source material and see for myself if there was anything there. It was a very eye-opening experience, because I realized I wasn’t getting the full story. I encourage you to do the same; read the book, but also read all the skeptical rebuttals, and then try to reason through it yourself. I think you will be surprised at what you find. I know I was.

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