Sue St.Clair and Matthew Didier's Paranormal Blog

No one can come to any other conclusions. Instead of disputing the facts, we must try to explain them.

The above quote is from Prof. Henry Habberley Price (1899 - 1984), respected Oxford don and former president of the Society for Psychical Research when asked about whether he believed in the existence of ghosts.

Ready for a weird statement...

Science does not NOT believe in ghosts.

Trouble is, science also does not believe in ghosts.

Science is not an entity or "group" with an idea or thought anyway, so the whole statement's kind of odd... Science is a method of asking a question, figuring out a way to verify an answer, then attempting to verifying that answer through repeated processes and either the end result is the guess (hypothesis) is shown correct or incorrect.

Therefore, "science" does not care about ghosts... until someone says, "I Think Ghosts Are..."

...then it's a hypothesis... and science can start to work if possible.

This still doesn't answer a question many people still ask... Do Ghosts Exist?

The answer, like it or not, is "Yes".

Ghosts exist.

I just felt the collective shriek followed by the spittle-flecked anger of the so-called sceptical folks who abhor even the entertainment of such a thought as it goes against their own cherished non-faith... but they should indulge me here because I'm making a pretty valid point regardless of your views.

How can I make such a bold statement when normally I'm all about the "empirical" (absolute hard evidence) before making proclamations?

Simple.

Define "existence"... and define "ghost" while we're there.

Existence is simply the state of "being". To exist means it's "there".

"Ghost", by general description, is something that does "ghostly" things... or rather, something that is perceived to be "ghostly"... such as odd voices when none should be heard, items moving about on their own volition, strange figures being seen... that sort of thing. That, in popular lexicon, is a "ghost".

If you don't believe in ghosts, I only have one question... Do you believe people have not experienced these things? Ergo: These people experienced a "ghost".

As you can now see, as we've always said, it's not the phenomena that's in question, but the causation thereof.

What causes "ghosts" is a way better question... and definitely open to interpretation... and that's where "non-believers" and "believers" should part company... well, until there is empirical data to show one way or another in whatever case is being examined.

Of course, if I really wanted to make a point, I could rightly point out that "ghosts" exist in fiction and folklore... and perhaps that existence isn't perfect, but it's existence none-the-less... well, in a quasi-existential way...

Therefore, yes, allow me to proclaim... Ghosts do exist.

...and like the professor said above, we need to figure out what they are and why they are... not if they are.