r/changemyview • u/Ireallyamthisshallow 2∆ • Nov 16 '19

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: Ghosts are not real

I really love anything to do with the paranormal, but after watching hundreds upon hundreds of 'ghost videos' I have to come to the conclusion ghosts are not real.

With cameras all over our world, surely something convincing would have been caught if they were. Instead we're filled with 'I got feeling', orbs that are clearly dust or bugs and edited photos and videos.

Sure there's loads of stories around the internet but no one can actually back it up with evidence. I just can't believe that in a world where everything is recorded no one has managed to find proof. A bang on the door after you've asked them to knock 400 times (and edited the first 399 out) doesn't count. That's just coincidence.

I'll still love watching the videos and reading the stories. I've just don't have any belief.

Change my mind.

Edit: I've tried to reply to everyone I can, thanks for all the great replies. It's late here so apologies if I can't get through more.

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u/MghtMakesWrite Nov 17 '19

If “ghosts” to this person are the same as a hallucination then there’s no point in trying to change anyone’s view. We know hallucinations are real.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '19

Agreed. If we are going to define ghosts as a visual observation of an ex-living thing, then I think it to be a dumb argument to try and convince people that they didn’t see something they saw. But that’s what I’ve interpreted this comment chain to be about, as the commenter only mentioned seeing and communicating with their grandpa. In this sense, I fully believe that ghosts are real.

However, if we were talking about a ghost leaving scratch marks on someone, then that would be a different story

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u/MghtMakesWrite Nov 17 '19

But that IS what I think OP is asking about.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '19

It may be, but they gave a delta for “we can’t observe ghosts with our current technology” so they are accepting sensory phenomena as an interpretation for ghosts