Dear family, friends and foes, I write this letter to those of you who have passed on to another plane of existence. I wish to express my gratitude and respect on behalf of the thousands of paranormal investigators and ghost hunters around the world. After many years of research, we still don’t really know whyContinue reading “~A Letter To The Other Side~”
Tag Archives: Belief
The Paranormal: What is it really?
We call it paranormal…but what is it really? I have had people ask me this question time and time again and I have to admit, I find it difficult to answer. It’s easy to fall back on the standard definition of the word…some thing or event that is above or beyond normal, but that simplyContinue reading “The Paranormal: What is it really?”
Did That Just Happen?
Ghosts, spirits, entities, supernatural, paranormal, xenonormal…belief in a paranormal event plays an important role in how we interpret the reality of the event. A believer will be more likely to think an anomolous event to be paranormal. A skeptic will always have an excuse no matter how outrageous or uninformed. Belief plays a large partContinue reading “Did That Just Happen?”
Belief, Intent & Pattern Recognition or the “Lanier Effect”
What does belief and intent have to do with pattern recognition? Well, first a couple of odd words: Pareidolia and Apophenia. Both, in broad definition, essentially mean that when you see shapes in clouds or hear voices in traffic passing by (this doppler effect happens as sound waves are compressed in front of the carContinue reading “Belief, Intent & Pattern Recognition or the “Lanier Effect””
Belief, Intent & Pattern Recognition or the “Lanier Effect”
What does belief and intent have to do with pattern recognition? Well, first a couple of odd words: Pareidolia and Apophenia. Both, in broad definition, essentially mean that when you see shapes in clouds or hear voices in traffic passing by (this doppler effect happens as sound waves are compressed in front of the carContinue reading “Belief, Intent & Pattern Recognition or the “Lanier Effect””