Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 days agoDo you believe ghosts are possible? If not, what do you think people's experiences of ghosts actually are?message-squaremessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down16
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareDo you believe ghosts are possible? If not, what do you think people's experiences of ghosts actually are?Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·3 days agoNo, they don’t exist. Brains are freaking weird and make up shit almost as often as LLMs do.
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThis. 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.
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI mean… Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Dracula, Fifty Shades of Grey—we aren’t even trying to keep it realistic.
No, they don’t exist. Brains are freaking weird and make up shit almost as often as LLMs do.
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.
I mean… Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Dracula, Fifty Shades of Grey—we aren’t even trying to keep it realistic.