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Detroit Sportswriter Believes in Ghosts

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Terry Foster, a sportswriter for the Detroit News, blogs about a hotel which people claim is haunted, claims he believes in ghosts.

It kind of reads like an ad for the place.


http://terryfostersblog.com/?p=825

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The place is built over an Indian burial ground and people swear visitors from beyond enjoy their own version of last call. One startled waitress said she saw a ghost make crazy victory laps after closing time. She got the heck out and was white as a ghost.

I believe in ghosts. These stories send chills down my spine when I hear them. I think it would be fun to spend the night at the South Lyon to see if the underworld wants to join in the fun. I would not do it by myself of course. I am not that brave.
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Do you think he should stick to sportswriting?
 
No. They're about the same intellectual level.














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I think the style of the blog entry is the worst part. I'd really expect more from a journalist.
 
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Maybe he has a piece of the action.
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Nah, he just really believes. He is really good on the radio, and I listen to part of his afternoon show most days. Very knowledgeable about sports, especially in MI, but he and his radio partner talk about many other topics that affect the state. I actually heard him start discussing this piece, but got tied up and missed most of it. Yes, he does believe in ghosts, though the others on the radio were sceptical.
 
For the purposes of his blog, he prefers to believe in ghosts.

This is really reaching:

If you turn on certain switches by the bar the hand blowers turn on in the bathroom.
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I mean, c'mon, I'm not an electrician, just a homeowner, and even I know that some buildings have had, shall we say, less than optimal wiring jobs done on them.



The Detroit Eastern Market is also popularly supposed to be have been built over an Indian burial ground, which however was relocated to an actual cemetery. The difference is that the Detroit Market website doesn't have a blog to fill.

http://www.detroiteasternmarket.com/page.php?p=1&s=58
 
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Drewbot said:
Terry Foster, a sportswriter for the Detroit News, blogs about a hotel which people claim is haunted, claims he believes in ghosts.
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He believes sports are entertaining, so I'm not at all surprised he'd believe in other crap.
 
Once again I'm left wondering why I should care what any celebrity has to say about politics, religion, woo, or medicine.
 
So what? A lot of people believe in ghosts, probably because they have had some weird enough experience to convince them they are real. The issue I have with the whole ghost business is ( well apart from the business ) is that people still interpret these strange events as being the disembodied personalities of the formerly living. I'm not convinced that such a thing is taking place. Perhaps it's possible, but that would mean our entire reality is some kind of illusion ... which it seems is actually the way things are when one gets looking down into the quantum end of things ... but that's beside the point ... or is it?
 
ufology said:
So what? A lot of people believe in ghosts, probably because they have had some weird enough experience to convince them they are real. The issue I have with the whole ghost business is ( well apart from the business ) is that people still interpret these strange events as being the disembodied personalities of the formerly living. I'm not convinced that such a thing is taking place.
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So, if not "the disembodied personalities of the formerly living" what's your explanation for so-called ghost sightings, ufology?

ufology said:
Perhaps it's possible, but that would mean our entire reality is some kind of illusion ... which it seems is actually the way things are when one gets looking down into the quantum end of things ... but that's beside the point ... or is it?
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Oh yes that whole quantum thingy. Makes anything possible, boundaries of reality blurring and everything not what it really seems any more, quantum stuff nnrrgghh.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=8021575#post8021575
 
23_Tauri said:
So, if not "the disembodied personalities of the formerly living" what's your explanation for so-called ghost sightings, ufology?

Oh yes that whole quantum thingy. Makes anything possible, boundaries of reality blurring and everything not what it really seems any more, quantum stuff nnrrgghh.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=8021575#post8021575
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I don't know what they are ( apparitions ). I have no explanation. Any possible explanation I may offer is purely conjecture. Therefore there isn't any point in discussing it with you as you haven't shown any interest in that kind of discussion. Same goes for how things might be possible based on discoveries related to quantum behavior, forces of nature and other mysteries. If you want conjecture that you can believe in then watch some of the science shows where guys like Hawking and KaKu do it. Then argue with them over it.
 
ufology said:
I don't know what they are ( apparitions ). I have no explanation. Any possible explanation I may offer is purely conjecture. Therefore there isn't any point in discussing it with you as you haven't shown any interest in that kind of discussion. Same goes for how things might be possible based on discoveries related to quantum behavior, forces of nature and other mysteries. If you want conjecture that you can believe in then watch some of the science shows where guys like Hawking and KaKu do it. Then argue with them over it.
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When paranormal enthusiasts invoke quantum (and insinuate scholars like Hawking agree) or Einsteins "spooky action at a distance," you know it's shark-jumping time.
 
Resume said:
When paranormal enthusiasts invoke quantum (and insinuate scholars like Hawking agree) or Einsteins "spooky action at a distance," you know it's shark-jumping time.
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Actually, I wasn't insinuating anything. What I said was, "If you want conjecture that you can believe in then watch some of the science shows where guys like Hawking and KaKu do it. Then argue with them over it."
 
ufology said:
Actually, I wasn't insinuating anything. What I said was, "If you want conjecture that you can believe in then watch some of the science shows where guys like Hawking and KaKu do it. Then argue with them over it."
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I get you. I misunderstood. Sorry.
 
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