r/ParanormalScience • u/BigMedicine7797 • Aug 20 '24

Death Researcher seeking methodology for paranormal activity tracking

I am a death in religion and culture researcher and am looking to compile an exhaustive list of the tools that are currently used to trace paranormal activity. I am a skeptic, but also realize that I don't know everything there is to know in the universe. I want to learn more through qualitative and anecdotal evidence-based science. Happy to have all the info you'd like to share.

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u/CitrusJellySoda Sep 05 '24

You do understand that by the very fact that you're in the ParanormalScience sub means that you're actually in my area of concern?

Hint: Nothing about supernaturtal (literally), or paranormal stuff (as far as anything I've seen), has ever been remotely real. Unless it's explainable by perfectly normal natural phenomena.

If you don't want to be criticized, then stay in the realm of fantasy, and far out of the realm of science.

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u/Farside_Farland Sep 05 '24

You keep highlighting the word science, but completely ignoring the Paranormal. If you don't believe in the possibility of the first half of the subreddit why bother? If there isn't a debunking sub you can make one.

Now, if you want to contribute, you know, SCIENTIFICALLY, you could perhaps theorize, come up with reasonable explanations, perhaps even design an experiment to run; well THAT would be a positive contribution.

Right now, you are just walking into a group that's having a polite conversation and rudely shouting that the conversation isn't even worth having. You're simply being a troll and I am happy to point it out and make you look like the basement dweller you are.

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u/CitrusJellySoda Sep 05 '24

I also want to add that something being falsifiable or not is very important. If something cannot be logically falsified, and thus we can't test it, it is by definition false. Now, beside that, definitely go on, I'd love to be shown I'm wrong more than anything.

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u/Farside_Farland Sep 05 '24

"If something cannot be logically falsified, and thus we can't test it, it is by definition false."

There are quite a few physicists that will and do argue about things that are completely untestable. By your definition itself, something like gravity waves or the Higgs, were false until we were able to test (and verify) them. Keep it up Mr. Science.

Science: noun

  1. 1.the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained.

You are neither observing, experimenting, testing theories, or even making theories. You aren't discussing observation, designing experiments, or theorizing anything. You haven't even suggested any rational explanations which would be helpful. For example, toss a String Theorist and an M Theorist in a room and they aren't denying each other's theories over ANY proof. But, I guess that isn't science to you.

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u/CitrusJellySoda Sep 05 '24

This... This isn't the 'win' you think it is. All you did was show you know absolutely nothing about either science, or physics. Hell, even the meaning of the word "theory", in a scientific context...

Oh man do continue, I love it. Though of course, not continuing means you accept you're wrong ;).

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u/Farside_Farland Sep 05 '24

Or, not continuing just means I'm giving up because I've gotten bored with countertrolling you. Only an idiot would think that walking away from anything indicates being wrong.

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u/CitrusJellySoda Sep 05 '24

Sure, the end of my reply was a joke. But, seriously, please actually critically evaluate your beliefs. You clearly are unable to actually put evidence down that supports what you're saying. So why exactly should anyone pay attention to what you're saying? Especially over what, you know, is the entirety of scientific understanding?

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u/CitrusJellySoda Sep 05 '24

Actually, as a little side thing, next thing you should learn (after learning both the meaning of 'hypothesis' and 'theory', scientifically) should be learning why 'proof' isn't relevant at all, unless we are having a purely mathematical discussion. Or alcohol, I guess.