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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9717908" data-attributes="member: 50987">My favorite debunking story:In my philosophy class at university, the professor asked everyone in the room who believed in ghosts to raise their hand, and about a third of the people in the room did so.&nbsp; One student in particular was very adamant about it, and not only raised his hand but called out to the professor, &quot;Oh I don't just believe, I know for a fact that ghosts are real.&quot;The professor asked him to explain, and the student went on to tell a story about how he was home alone, nobody was around, etc.&nbsp; He was in the kitchen making himself lunch, left the room for just a few seconds, and when he came back the mustard was spilled on the floor and there was a small child-sized handprint in mustard on the counter.&quot;There's no other possible explanation,&quot; the student finally said.&nbsp; &quot;It had to be a ghost.&quot;&quot;Are you sure it couldn't have been a Martian or an angel instead?&quot; the professor asked.&nbsp; &quot;Why does it have to be a ghost?&quot;The student just sat there, speechless....that thought had never occurred to him.&nbsp; He had experienced something that he couldn't explain, and took it as proof of the supernatural...his preferred version of supernatural, too.The professor then went on to lecture about the differences between Knowledge and Belief.&nbsp; It was one of the best (and most useful) lectures I ever attended in university.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9717908, member: 50987"] My favorite debunking story: In my philosophy class at university, the professor asked everyone in the room who believed in ghosts to raise their hand, and about a third of the people in the room did so. One student in particular was very adamant about it, and not only raised his hand but called out to the professor, "Oh I don't just [I]believe, [/I]I know for a [I]fact [/I]that ghosts are real." The professor asked him to explain, and the student went on to tell a story about how he was home alone, nobody was around, etc. He was in the kitchen making himself lunch, left the room for just a few seconds, and when he came back the mustard was spilled on the floor and there was a small child-sized handprint in mustard on the counter. "There's no other possible explanation," the student finally said. "It had to be a ghost." "Are you sure it couldn't have been a Martian or an angel instead?" the professor asked. "Why does it [I]have [/I]to be a ghost?" The student just sat there, speechless....that thought had never occurred to him. He had experienced something that he couldn't explain, and took it as proof of the supernatural...his [I]preferred [/I]version of supernatural, too. The professor then went on to lecture about the differences between Knowledge and Belief. It was one of the best (and most useful) lectures I ever attended in university. [/QUOTE]

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