Articles of Interest
Article 1: How Do People See Ghosts - Some people believe ghosts are spirits. Others dismiss them as hallucination or delusion. But what if they are none of these. What if we take witness statements of ghost sightings at face value - they literally do see the figure of someone who is not physically present. How is that possible without spirits being involved? And can anyone who wants to, see ghosts?...
Article 2: The Science of EVP's Revealed - Much of the research work I do involves the study and analysis of electronic voice phenomena (EVP). Mainly because I feel that this evidence presents the strongest case for the existence of paranormal activity. During my years of research, there has been a recurring discussion amongst the members of my field and that discussion deals with the process in which an “EVP” is created...
Article 3: A New Paranormal Research - Recent revolutionary advances in science, particularly neuroscience, have profound implications for paranormal research. It is obvious that many apparently paranormal experiences can be explained by the way our brains work. Clearly, the current model of paranormal research, almost unchanged for over a century, having delivered very little, is overdue for its own revolution...
Article 4: Five Steps to Better Science - I’ve seen it all before, the never ending struggle for credibility in the world of paranormal research and the recurring battle of criticism between the skeptics and believers, each with their own definition of reality and logic. Faith against science, heart against mind, probability against impossibility, pitting one group’s methods against the next, each convinced they are among a new generation of logical thinkers...
Article 5: The Science Research Report Format - This is for those investigators who are serious about maintaining true scientific documentation of their investigations and research. Scientific research involves designing a study, collecting samples, measuring variables, analyzing data, and presenting the results in a formal report...
Article 6: The "Direction" of Scientific EVP Research - One day, back in the summer of 2008 I received an email asking me to analyze an EVP sample captured by a west coast paranormal group that I had been working with several months earlier. The file appeared to contain the voice of a man, and according to some members of the group, was the actual voice of a deceased resident alleged to haunt the premises...
Article 7: Earth's
Top 10 Mysteries - In
1821, Tilloch's Philosophical Magazine carried an unusual item about
a stone mason named David Virtue who made an astonishing discovery
while working on a large chunk of rock that had come from about
22 feet below the surface. Upon breaking it open "he found
a lizard embedded in the stone. It was coiled up in a round cavity
of its own form, being an exact impression of the animal...
Article 8: EVP - Things You Should Know - EVP is the 'electronic voice phenomena'. It consists of apparent voices discovered on sound recordings when none was noticed at the time of the recording. For this reason is commonly considered to be paranormal in origin. However, there are aspects of EVP, to do with how humans understand speech, that are not well-known and raise significant doubts...
Article 9: Judging the Paranormal - This is a brief discussion of ways to evaluate experimentally whether people are using psi (extra-sensory) channels to gain information. We will assume, for the purposes of this discussion, that all possible ways of cheating (by normal senses, electronics, etc) have been excluded by the experimental design...
Article 10: How Do You Know You've Seen a Ghost? - I've seen a ghost! Or have I? Have you ever seen a ghost? How would you know if you've seen a ghost? Could you have you seen a ghost and not realised it? This article attempts to answer these surprisingly complex questions...
Article 11: Coincidence - The Root of Paranormal?- Paranormal researchers sometimes say that certain suggested 'natural causes' for the paranormal are so unlikely, they are less likely than the paranormal! While it's not a great argument in favour of the paranormal, it does suggest an overlooked cause of some spontaneous paranormal reports - pure coincidence! Many uniquely puzzling cases may have several different causes that happen to come together. ...
Article 12: Choosing a Career In Paranormal Research- Have you ever thought about becoming a paranormal investigator? This article explains the differences between a true investigator and the hobbyist ghost hunter. It also explains what each member of the investigation team does. Where will you fit in?
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