Has the paranormal any validity?

Answer 1

I think so.

I have had two strange experiences (that I will go into if you ask). By this I mean things that I cannot possibly explain rationally, try as I have.

I have also had a handful of instances of remote sentience. This could be explained as coincidence of course, but they have always happened in the same circumstances, in a tranquil place where I have had no distracting noise.

Proof? No, of course not, but I can't prove that the paranormal is bunkum either, so I remain interested, and hope for something compelling.

Answer 2

How to prove validity. The scientific methods used to "prove" these things deny belief and belief is the source of these things. Just for a second imagine that the "paranormal" is reliant of belief so if any tester does not belief then it will not work. Secondly any sort of phenomenon that is experienced is ignored as paranormal, until it can be proved, once it is proved it is no longer paranormal QED. As an experiment that proves my point, suspend a needle from a length of cotton (30cm long), then hold the cotton so the needle is suspended just over your hand, may be 1cm, so it swings freely. It will sway because of autonomic movements in your muscle not ghostly movement of the air. Then tense the muscles in your hand, the needle will rapidly stop. Do you know why? Is it magic? Possible but it is because of the minute magnetic field produced by your muscles as they send chemical electric signals along your nerves. Once initially seen it may thought to be paranormal, but then once explained it is just classed as science. You all know that music alters your feelings or moods. You may know an explanation way. But why did this strong link to music evolve, (think about what use it had in survival of the fittest). Why do we appreciate art? If everything has a scientific base why can't we get a scientific formula or computer to create a masterpiece or even hold a conversation? The simplest things are paranormal we just accept the fantastic as normal (read Plato's commentary on Socrates). I have a strong scientific background and you're welcome to read my other answers. But the more I learn the more mysteries I see. What is gravity? or more correctly where is a graviton and where are the 99% of the universe that we cannot detect at all in any way, but think must be there?

Answer 3

The paranormal is a valid field of study for a psychologist. The research question is what cognitive dysfunction facilitates belief in phenomena with no physical evidence. The paranormal has some entertainment value both for the duped and those of us who know better and both marvel at the artistry behind the fiction and allow ourselves a self-righteous chuckle at the fools among us.

Answer 4

As satisfying and enchanting as it is to think that paranormal events are real, the weight of evodence and experience has not proved a shred of evidence in the affirmative. Empirical experience has provided some insight into why people would be led/could lead themselves to feel otherwise. That is another question however. Suffice that in many centuries and now with sensitive technological equipment, if there were more than meets the eye to ghost stories (etc.) then we would have some hard data by now to back it up, or rather more individuals with some kind of verifiable experience. Given that humans are proven to delusion and hallucination without even a verifiable neuro-disorder, it is seems certain that many people WOULD believe in the paranormal based on their misleading brain.

Answer 5

Do paranormal things happen?

Yes. Unfortunately, because it involves human consciousness, most is anecdotal.

I know what I've experienced, and I know that I wasn't deluded, and I have had some witnesses and subsequent validation.

I've been psychic since I was a kid. I am highly intelligent and trained in the sciences, and just happen to be a medium who also has premonitions of future events.

It took me some time to reconcile living with the impossible, because I would not have believed had it not happened to me.

Answer 6

Excellent question - and with the exception of a few inevitable nut ball answers, good answers.

I'll keep it brief. The paranormal is valid in entertainment and deception.

It is not valid in science.

Simply put, it is a good example of "smoke and mirrors," trickery at it's best, and an excellent subject to build on in scripting fictional movies and novels.

Answer 7

To those who study paranormal events and reports there has to be some valid argument.

Answer 8

nope ( of course you can call anything not understood paranormal - outside the norm ) but ghost - telekinesis and the like nope NOTE TO MICHAEL validity is INCOME and FAME

Answer 9

Absolutely not.

The reason I know this for sure is because, NOBODY yet knows what happens to us after we die, If there was some way of communicating with spirits or ghosts, That question would have already been answered.

Answer 10

From one personal unrepeated experience - yes!

Physicists looked for some theoretical particles for decades before they were finally observed. just because YOU haven't seen it or got it or it can't be seen doesn't mean it doesn't exist.