Ghosts. Why do you not believe?

Why do I not believe in ghosts? Because I am a rational human being. People who believe in ghosts, aliens etc. already have their minds made up and want to believe. I think there is a rational explanation for everything. That UFO you might see over area 51 is likely a flare or military aviation experiment not f*ckin ET. That chill up your arm is not the presence of a ghost but rather a draft from a window you left open. People on the whole are stupid.

My girlfriend believes in Ghost Waffle, the ghost of a departed waffle....any religion is as good as any other, right?

I do not believe in ghosts nor do I disbelieve.

notanidiot wrote:

... People on the whole are stupid.

Compared to what?

Compared to rabbits? No, not really.

Compared to people? That would be illogical.

Compared to you? Hmmmmm

How stupid are you - really wrote:

Compared to what?

Compared to rabbits? No, not really.

Compared to people? That would be illogical.

Compared to you? Hmmmmm

Oh God I gotta take a poop. Nothing really to do with your post in particular, I just saying...UUUUUUUGHHHHHHHH MAN!

gghost wrote:

I'm a ghost. I stuck around to post on letsrun.

I know that ghostmen are fond of pickup baseball; how do you feel about distance running?

Also, how is the afterlife? Have your dreams become reality?

notanidiot wrote:

Why do I not believe in ghosts? Because I am a rational human being. People who believe in ghosts, aliens etc. already have their minds made up and want to believe. I think there is a rational explanation for everything. That UFO you might see over area 51 is likely a flare or military aviation experiment not f*ckin ET. That chill up your arm is not the presence of a ghost but rather a draft from a window you left open. People on the whole are stupid.

If you don't believe in aliens you not rational. With the billions of worlds that exist across the universe there is life somewhere else out there.

SDSAFDS wrote:

Well, I have never seen one.

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Just look at your emaciated, pale reflection in the mirror. That ought to turn you into a believer.

Ghosts are really just disembodied spirits. I believe in spirits. But, I don't believe in spirits that are disembodied just because. You were either created with a body or you weren't.

Samuel L Jackson wrote:

If you don't believe in aliens you not rational. With the billions of worlds that exist across the universe there is life somewhere else out there.

There is a difference between believing in aliens and believing that the aliens are here. Yes, there are billions of worlds, but the universe is really really really really freaking big. The chances that extraterrestrial life is here conducting anal probes on rednecks is very slim.

As someone who used to believe in ghosts, I can tell you why I used to believe. Because my sadistic babysitter once told me a story about a woman that was murdered in the house. At the end of the story, she said, "She still lives up in the attic." Then, her boyfriend clomped around in the attic. Which, doesn't sound scary unless you're five years old. Then, you believe in ghosts for ten years.

Samuel L Jackson wrote:

If you don't believe in aliens you not rational. With the billions of worlds that exist across the universe there is life somewhere else out there.

That's one of the dumbest damned things ever written here on LRC.

Billions implies life? OKAAAAYYYYYY.

will wrote:

I believe in spirits.

So...what is a spirit exactly? What is its mythology? Did you make it up yourself or did you read about it in a dungeons & dragons monster manual?

Trial and Error wrote:

Samuel L Jackson wrote:

If you don't believe in aliens you not rational. With the billions of worlds that exist across the universe there is life somewhere else out there.

That's one of the dumbest damned things ever written here on LRC.

Billions implies life? OKAAAAYYYYYY.

OH SWEET MOTHER HUMPING JESUS THIS BOARD IS FULL OF IDIOTS!!!

"Samuel L Jackson"

You are correct, extraterrestrial life almost certainly is out there. But the universe is so big that it is unlikely that the aliens are visiting earth.

"Trial and Error"

Yes, billions does in fact imply life. You f***ing moron.

IDIOTS IDIOTS ALL OF YOU!!!! wrote:

Trial and Error wrote:

That's one of the dumbest damned things ever written here on LRC.

Billions implies life? OKAAAAYYYYYY.

OH SWEET MOTHER HUMPING JESUS THIS BOARD IS FULL OF IDIOTS!!!

"Samuel L Jackson"

You are correct, extraterrestrial life almost certainly is out there. But the universe is so big that it is unlikely that the aliens are visiting earth.

"Trial and Error"

Yes, billions does in fact imply life. You f***ing moron.

OK, truth in advertising - I LIKE stupid people. Like you, for example.

This was covered in gory detail in another thread. And stupid people (such as yourself) tried until they were blue in the face to wrap their heads around a very simple concept - It could be posed as:

1) It is not true that a billion (or a trillion or) is a very large number intrinsically but only relative to something else.

2) The critical something else in this case is the probability of life (or advanced civilization if you prefer) in the vicinity of any given star.

3) Nobody has any clue whatsoever as to the value referred to in 2).

4) Therefore nobody has any clue whatsoever as to whether a trillion stars or a trillion trillion (aka septillion) stars is sufficient to suggest that life elsewhere is more or less likely than 0.5 (or 0.999 or .000000001 or )

Tough concept, I know. Especially for stupid people for whom "Oh, there are hundreds of billions of stars in the galaxy and hundreds of billions of galaxies therefore it MUST be true" passes as logic.

Now please try to develop your intellect beyond that of a typical 5th grader. For everyone's sake.

Well, some pretty bright people have given this a fair amount of thought and come to pretty much the same conclusion.

Trial and Error wrote:

Now please try to develop your intellect beyond that of a typical 5th grader. For everyone's sake.

Assuming you're not a troll, why are you wasting your time with me. You should be out there trying to stop SETI from wasting our tax dollars.

Oh, and you should go and kick Michio Kaku's omnipresent ass while you're at it.

Uh, no. Some pretty bright people have given this a fair amount of thought and have developed A FRAMEWORK (which you may not realize is different than an answer) for thinking about the problem by breaking it into smaller parts so that one can attack each of them to try to get an answer.

The ones who recognize that any value substituted in for fsubl, fsubi, or fsubc is nothing more than a wild-assed guess are indeed bright. You, not so much.

Uh, no. Some pretty bright people have given this a fair amount of thought and have developed A FRAMEWORK (which you may not realize is different than an answer) for thinking about the problem by breaking it into smaller parts so that one can attack each of them to try to get an answer.

The ones who recognize that any value substituted in for fsubl, fsubi, or fsubc is nothing more than a wild-assed guess are indeed bright. You, not so much.[/quote]

Drake used his FRAMEWORK to come to the conclusion that there were probably about 10000 planets with intelligent life.