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[theweaselking]

Japanese invent ghost-detector.

The pocket-sized device promises to alert its owner to the presence of eight different types of spectre, from "lost souls" to "evil spirits".

Using a variety of carefully calibrated sensors - one of which claims to detect human fear - the machine informs users whether the ghost is malevolent or benign. The ghost radar hits Japanese stores next week, just in time for the Japanese ghost-spotting season, and no summer campfire gathering will be complete without it.

Comments

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

I like how the quote separates "ghosts" from "the world of logic".

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

As it should be.

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

Even from a purely physicalist standpoint, ghosts aren't logically impossible.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

And yet, using logic will not get you to ghosts.

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

Depends on one's experiences, ultimately, which is the basis for everything extralogical in the first place.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

I have a replica of the sword Sting from the movie of The Lord of the Rings, a gift from _constantine.

Every once in a while, someone seeing it for the first time will ask "Does it glow blue?"

I always answer "It's never glowed blue yet, so I guess I must be safe from orcs here [in MD, USA]."

The applicability is left as an exercise for the reader.