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Do you believe ghosts are possible? If not, what do you think people's experiences of ghosts actually are? (lazysoci.al)
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

No, they don't exist. Brains are freaking weird and make up shit almost as often as LLMs do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

This.

There's no scientific evidence of ghosts or spirits but there's plenty of evidence of hallucinations, fallible memory, et cetera.

Most of our "vision" is emulated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I mean... Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Dracula, Fifty Shades of Grey—we aren't even trying to keep it realistic.