If you read the edit, you'll see that it is in no way a change of mind, but serves to further clarify what I said originally: that belief in the (non)existence of ghosts is by no means obvious, and is instead arrived at through inquiry. We (you included, no doubt) were all scared of ghosts or monsters as children for a reason: their nonexistence is not obvious.Dalek Prime wrote:Reli, don't edit your post to change your mind on the existence of ghosts, when you've already claimed that children are troubled by them in the here and now, in there closets, no less.... Especially when you have hordes of knowing dead people who would back those claims! I'm am defenseless against such odds, and yield....
As for the "knowing dead people," if you wish to so flippantly dismiss Kant, Aristotle, Galileo, Einstein, be my guest. You will find it costs much and buys little. If, however, you reread what I wrote, I think you'll come to the realization that I was not speaking solely of ghosts, but just about everything you hold to be true. And then, just maybe, you'll understand what I.C. and I (and thedoc, most likely) hold to be basic truths: you ought not dismiss what you don't understand, and understanding is bought through study and experience.
By the way, yielding in face of the overwhelming epistemological odds these "knowing dead people" have stacked against you was wise. That said, I never said you couldn't dispute them; only that it would be ridiculous (and irrational) to dismiss them without first understanding their positions.
