| Rath said: I'm a skeptic, I generally only believe in things after I have seen sufficient proof. I guess in some ways that makes me close minded, if somebody told me they had been abducted by aliens or had seen a ghost I simply wouldn't believe them. |
That's probably a good description of me too, to be honest. I like claims to be proven to me. But there are some cases where people have tried to prove their claim to me, and after hearing the same case made to me many dozens of times I pretty much dismiss it right after they've made their initial claim now.
If someone said to me and said that they've just seen a ghost I wouldn't believe them at that point. I wouldn't believe them because I've spoke to people before who have claimed to have seen ghosts or believe in ghosts, and they have never been able to back up their claim. So from my personal knowledge, I know there are most likely no such things as ghosts, and so that's the answer I automatically come to when someone makes that claim.
That being said, if someone came to me with a fresh claim of something I've never come across before, I would try to give it a fair hearing.
I guess it's just down to experience really.
