tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post3732739471540407494..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Paul Kimball: a haunted manMachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-73282893459972740842009-01-25T00:24:00.000-06:002009-01-25T00:24:00.000-06:00Hmm, I dunno, I guess I'm a sceptic, but in my min...<I>Hmm, I dunno, I guess I'm a sceptic, but in my mind "subjective" and "science" don't go well together.</I><BR/><BR/>They don't -- at least under the conventional definition of "science."Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-47308411625687221852009-01-24T21:32:00.000-06:002009-01-24T21:32:00.000-06:00Hmm, I dunno, I guess I'm a sceptic, but in my min...Hmm, I dunno, I guess I'm a sceptic, but in my mind "subjective" and "science" don't go well together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-33247216808720994262009-01-24T19:46:00.000-06:002009-01-24T19:46:00.000-06:00@KatieI agree with you. We don't yet have a scien...@Katie<BR/><BR/>I agree with you. We don't yet have a science that encompasses subjective experience. Maybe we should.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-63418844580845706472009-01-22T14:57:00.000-06:002009-01-22T14:57:00.000-06:00Personally, I would throw out any experience that ...<I>Personally, I would throw out any experience that is based purely on personal sensations. Anything that can't be measured and or recorded falls far too closely to subjective and likely suggestive experience.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't necessarily agree with this. I and my sister have both had unusual experiences with what we can only believe to be loved ones that have passed on. They may be personal and immeasurable, but considering the circumstances behind them (time, location, etc.) there was no way to write them off as dreams, or coincidences, or what ever you want to label them. <BR/><BR/>I think *most* paranormal experiences are probably immeasurable, but I don't think they should be written off just because those around you don't experience the same things you do. If they're not connected in some way to what's going on, it only makes sense that they wouldn't.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101983582935220159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-55055600988034911982009-01-22T13:58:00.000-06:002009-01-22T13:58:00.000-06:00Paul,Getting paid nowadays, in the lousy (global) ...Paul,<BR/><BR/>Getting paid nowadays, in the lousy (global) economic climate, is as ephemeral as ghosts.<BR/><BR/>But I have to admit, it sure beats a breadline.<BR/><BR/>Good for you...now don't spend all that pay at your local pub.<BR/><BR/>RRRRRGrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875523970644487204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-74328066559438032242009-01-22T13:10:00.000-06:002009-01-22T13:10:00.000-06:00But it is a bit eccenric, since there is no practi...<I>But it is a bit eccenric, since there is no practical value in nailing a ghost.</I><BR/><BR/>Did you miss the part about me getting paid, Rich? That's as practical as it gets!! :-)Paul Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-42151525449169035612009-01-22T13:09:00.000-06:002009-01-22T13:09:00.000-06:00There may be something to ghostly hotspots but we ...<I>There may be something to ghostly hotspots but we really can't rely on the corruptibility of our senses to determine their reality.</I><BR/><BR/>I concur.Paul Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-1277484112420650132009-01-22T12:37:00.000-06:002009-01-22T12:37:00.000-06:00"Most Haunted" wouldn't like me at all on their pr..."Most Haunted" wouldn't like me at all on their program. I'm the kind of person that, at the sign of anything unusual, v-lines directly towards the source to see if it is indeed unusual. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I would throw out any experience that is based purely on personal sensations. Anything that can't be measured and or recorded falls far too closely to subjective and likely suggestive experience. There may be something to ghostly hotspots but we really can't rely on the corruptibility of our senses to determine their reality. <BR/><BR/>-DennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-21056006502958587272009-01-22T09:16:00.000-06:002009-01-22T09:16:00.000-06:00Mac:We've mentioned this to Paul a while back...Ou...Mac:<BR/><BR/>We've mentioned this to Paul a while back...<BR/><BR/>Our Fort Wayne office(s) have been subject to intrusions by "ghosts."<BR/><BR/>We (the boys there and myself) have experienced that "cold" which Paul experienced around his neck, and we've seen "people."<BR/><BR/>No one has died in the building as far as we've been able to discern (from neighbors).<BR/><BR/>And the "people" we've experienced walk by our open offices, down the hallway(s) -- and have done so several times.<BR/><BR/>I've seen a figure at the bottom of our stairway, with a glittering surcoat.<BR/><BR/>The things seen are palpable, and not hallucinations (as best as we can tell).<BR/><BR/>So Paul's new ghost-hunting enterprise is not lunacy. <BR/><BR/>But it is a bit eccenric, since there is no practical value in nailing a ghost.<BR/><BR/>But since when has Kimball been practical?<BR/><BR/>He's an adventurer, like Redfern, and you -- although your adventures are more mental than physical.<BR/><BR/>RRRRRGrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875523970644487204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-12290674034779167572009-01-22T04:58:00.000-06:002009-01-22T04:58:00.000-06:00I'll descend into any lunacy... so long as they pa...I'll descend into any lunacy... so long as they pay me! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Besides, I can't let Redfern be the only paranormal Renaissance man!<BR/><BR/>On a serious note, as per our conversation at the Shoe Shop when you were last in Halifax, ghosts, if they exist, may represent, at least in some cases, something different than the traditional "spirits of the dead" explanation. Accordingly, I eagerly await your theorizing!<BR/><BR/>Paul<BR/><BR/>P.S. If you know of any haunted places in or around KC, let me know - we can still squeeze one more US episode in!Paul Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com