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Ghosts: The Science of Spooky Encounters

2024/10/24
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Anthony Simonelli
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Dr. Bilal Jalal
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Dr. Katie Mack
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Professor Chris French
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Shane Rogers
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Wendy Zuckerman
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Wendy Zuckerman: 许多人相信鬼魂的存在,并声称有过亲身经历,这引发了我们对这一现象的科学探究。 Lynn: 我从小在所谓的闹鬼房子长大,亲身经历过许多无法解释的超自然现象,例如看到神秘身影、物品移动、以及来访者感到不适等。这些经历让我相信鬼魂的存在。 Anthony Simonelli: 我童年时在墓地目睹了幽灵,这让我致力于研究超自然现象。我相信鬼魂的存在,并试图通过科学手段证明。 Dr. Katie Mack: 从理论物理学的角度,鬼魂可能存在于与我们宇宙平行的另一个宇宙中。然而,基于我们对宇宙的理解,这些鬼魂不太可能与我们的世界发生交互作用。如果鬼魂是另一个宇宙中的黑洞,理论上它可能会对我们的宇宙产生引力影响,但这种可能性微乎其微,并且需要进一步的科学验证。 Dr. Bilal Jalal: 许多所谓的鬼魂遭遇实际上是睡眠瘫痪症,这是一种常见的睡眠障碍,会导致身体麻痹和幻觉。睡眠瘫痪症期间,大脑与身体的反馈机制中断,可能导致身体图像的错觉和幻觉,从而产生看到鬼魂的错觉。 Shane Rogers: 建筑物中的霉菌可能导致人们出现神经系统症状,并增加他们看到鬼魂的可能性。霉菌释放的孢子可能引发炎症反应,影响大脑功能,从而导致焦虑和幻觉。我的研究初步表明,闹鬼的地方霉菌浓度更高。 Professor Chris French: 人们对鬼魂的许多经历可能源于暗示的力量和认知偏差。在受暗示性强的环境中,人们更容易产生超自然体验。此外,确认偏差也会导致人们更容易注意到支持其信念的证据,而忽略反驳性证据。

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This chapter explores the possibility of ghosts existing in another dimension using theoretical physics. A theoretical physicist discusses the challenges of such a theory and the limitations of detecting such ghosts if they exist.
  • Theoretical physicists have never reliably measured ghosts.
  • Parallel universe theories often suggest that entities in other universes cannot interact with ours.
  • A ghost as a black hole in another universe could create gravitational pull in our universe, but this would have other noticeable effects.

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About 40 percent of Americans believe in ghosts, and one in five even say they've had an encounter with one! So could ghosts really exist?? Or does some other spooky phenomenon explain these strange and sometimes terrifying experiences? To find out, we visit a haunted house with paranormal investigators, explore one very creepy basement searching for ghostly mold, and try to move cutlery with the help of quantum physics. Join us on this Halloween adventure with astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack, environmental engineer Dr. Shane Rogers as well as psychologists Dr Baland Jalal, and Prof. Chris French.

Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsGhosts2024

This is an updated version of our ghosts episode from several years ago.

In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Visiting a Haunted House 

(06:09) Hunting for Ghosts in Theoretical Physics 

(12:27) Eerie Electromagnetic Fields? 

(16:49) Spooky Sleep Paralysis 

(23:13) Spooky Spores

(31:50) Spine Tingling Psychology

This episode was produced by Ben Kuebrich, Kaitlyn Sawrey, Diane Wu, Heather Rogers, Shruti Ravindran and Wendy Zukerman. Editing by Annie-Rose Strasser and Blythe Terrell. Production assistance: Audrey Quinn. Fact checking by Michelle Harris. Sound engineering, music production and original scoring by Bobby Lord. Thanks to Dr. Ciaran O’Keeffe, Dr. Neil Dagnall, Dr. Giulio Rognini, Raymond Swyers, Dr. Joseph Baker, Prof. Kwai Man Luk, Prof. Kin Seng Chiang, Prof. Tapan Sarkar, Prof. Maxim Gitlits, The Zukerman family, Joseph Lavelle Wilson as well as Jorge Just, Devon Taylor … and thanks to Haley Shaw for the spooooky violins in the Science Vs theme.

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