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Scientific Investigations

Although some people believe in the Paranormal Phenomena, others strive to prove the former wrong. They conduct scientific investigations on the paranormal happenings to find out if there is an explanation using the logical and scientific method. These people are often called skeptics.

Scientific skeptics advocate critical investigation of claims of paranormal phenomena. They do this by applying the scientific method to reach a rational, scientific explanation of the phenomena to account for the paranormal claims. They try to take into account that paranormal abilities and occurrences are sometimes setups, hoaxes or natural phenomena that occurred in a way that got misinterpreted.

There is a method called the Occam's razor. This method suggests that the simplest solution is usually the correct one. This method is often the base of most scientists or skeptics that an actual paranormal phenomenon is nearly always a misinterpreted scientific happening. When there is clearly no explanation, they will try to make up some unproven theories or assumptions to create the explanations.

My personal opinion is that, scientific investigations on the paranormal are good to some extent, to reveal hidden truths that we might have overlooked. However, they can only be carried out to some extent; otherwise they will be a burden financial-wise, effort-wise and time-wise, unless finding the truth can result in a serious benefit for the lives of humankind.

Scientific Investigations

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