Bad Information…
-Cap’n Casper
As I mentioned in the last show, I had occasion to send a friendly letter to the magazine Haunted Times a few months back. I had picked up the Summer 2008 edition during a trip to the bookstore. My first thought was ‘wow, this is something I could contribute to…’. My opinion soon changed after perusing a couple of articles within, and in an effort to increase the accuracy of the information they had presented I decided to write the following:
Posted under Daily Thoughts, General discussion
This post was written by Cap'n Casper on December 20, 2008
EVP (electronic voice phenomenon) has long been the subject of fierce debate. Indeed, the prospect of voices spontaneously appearing on a recording without audible indicators is interesting to say the least! Some argue that Stochastic Resonance causes the voices to become audible. Others claim that these disembodied voices are imprinted directly to the recording medium or are directly influencing a microphone or other input device. Yet despite all of the theories, few researchers (sometimes this term is to be used rather loosely) are designing experiments and circumstances to gain better direction for further experiments. 
In modern times, the subject of ‘ghosts’ has become nearly as sensational as American Idol. In looking back at the field of paranormal phenomena and parapsychology, it seems that no serious progress has been made since the mid-1970s with advances in ITC research. Could it be that these subjects have been trivialized to the point that it may very well be impossible to advance to the next level of understanding without a serious shift in the way we view phenomena in our world?
