Are ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence
- Written by Barry Markovsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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- ^ Curious Kids (theconversation.com)
- ^ curiouskidsus@theconversation.com (theconversation.com)
- ^ poll of 1,000 American adults (today.yougov.com)
- ^ book flying off a desk (youtube.com)
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- ^ ghosts (www.postandcourier.com)
- ^ aliens (theconversation.com)
- ^ pyramid power (journals.sagepub.com)
- ^ superstitions (theconversation.com)
- ^ aging, eating, breathing (www.britannica.com)
- ^ ghost-flushing (www.theplumberguy.com)
- ^ special kind of energy (www.livescience.com)
- ^ physics research (www.eia.gov)
- ^ ghosts can’t exist (futurism.com)
- ^ But scientists don’t have it (benjaminradford.com)
- ^ television shows on ghost hunting (www.eonline.com)
- ^ all the devices (www.ghoststop.com)
- ^ they’re not (skepticalinquirer.org)
- ^ and investigate no further (www.newsweek.com)
- ^ tiny particles of dust (support.simplisafe.com)
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Authors: Barry Markovsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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