Ghosts Do Not Exist Disproving

Ghosts Do Not Exist

Disproving the Existence of Ghosts

Ghosts are a scary thing to think about, but do they truly exist? Many people do hold beliefs that allow the existence of ghosts, yet the very proof they claim to prove ghosts do exist actually can also be used to prove that they don't. There is no proven physical evidence which would prove ghosts walk the earth without a doubt, therefore disproving any beliefs in their existence.

Yet, despite overwhelming evidence, many people actually still believe in the existence of ghosts. Those who do believe in ghosts do so based on the idea that there is no real way to discern what happens after we die, (New England Skeptical Society 2008). No one has ever been able to conclusively prove if we go to heaven, stay on earth as ghosts, or simply cease to exist. Therefore, based on this lack of evidence, many people leave open the possibility that their may be ghastly phantoms do walk the earth, (Franks 2008).

However, the same lack of evidence is concisely what proves the existence of ghosts as a fallacy. There is absolutely no physical evidence which can be replicated for future study. Most scientific findings rely on scientific tests which can be replicated in other labs under similar circumstances, (Verbruggen 2006). Yet, no findings of ghosts have ever been physically replicated or proven with a hundred percent accuracy. Many of those who have claimed to have found evidence have been proven to be fake or based on other phenomenon which was then mistaken for the existence of ghosts. Physical evidence would include actual photographs which prove not to be doctored or caused by other events which could cause similar results; rather in many cases ghosts prove to be the human imagination, (Frood 2003). Therefore, this lack of proven evidence can lead the logical mind to dismiss the existence of the unreal. These images of ghosts have come from years of folklore and imagination, (Tafoya 2008).