tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post6739308798238498295..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: The ghost in the machineGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-9437402065045044912011-02-09T04:20:39.813-08:002011-02-09T04:20:39.813-08:00Has it really been demonstrated that low frequency...Has it really been demonstrated that low frequency sound causes ghost sightings? Actually no - for example neurologist Dr Jason Braithwaite discussed this in depth here on UK Skeptics -http://www.ukskeptics.com/forum/showthread.php/2262-The-unlikely-role-of-infrasound<br /><br />For a peer reviewed article see Braithwaite, J. and Townsend, M. (2006). Good vibrations: The case for a specific effect of infrasound in instances of anomalous experience has yet to be empirically demonstrated. Journal for the Society for Psychical Research. 70a. pp211-224. <br /><br />There is a recent good overview by Steve Parsons here - http://www.parascience.org.uk/articles/infra.htm<br /><br />This was very much received wisdom among many sceptics early last decade, but now is generally considered to be a blind alley as far as I can make out.<br /><br />Hope of interest<br />cj xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com