Comments on: How To Become a Paranormal Investigator [Best Sites] http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-become-a-paranormal-investigator/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian D. Parsons http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-become-a-paranormal-investigator/#comment-387666 Brian D. Parsons Tue, 26 May 2009 11:31:22 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=17831#comment-387666 While I did state on my site to be wary of online courses, there are a few out there that are worth the money in their education. Granted, most of the information IS on the internet some of these courses put all of this information together and present it to you in such a way that you can grasp many various concepts surrounding the research and education in place from over 125+ years of psychical research. Just be aware that a certificate of completion of a paranormal investigation or ghost hunting course (there is a difference in these terms believe it or not) does not qualify you in any way, act as a graduate program or degree of any sort, nor will it give you status in the field. It will bring you an education that takes most groups months, if not years or ever to obtain. Just do your homework on what is being provided for what you are paying. Try ParaNexus.org for starters. Brian D. Parsons Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network While I did state on my site to be wary of online courses, there are a few out there that are worth the money in their education. Granted, most of the information IS on the internet some of these courses put all of this information together and present it to you in such a way that you can grasp many various concepts surrounding the research and education in place from over 125+ years of psychical research.

Just be aware that a certificate of completion of a paranormal investigation or ghost hunting course (there is a difference in these terms believe it or not) does not qualify you in any way, act as a graduate program or degree of any sort, nor will it give you status in the field. It will bring you an education that takes most groups months, if not years or ever to obtain. Just do your homework on what is being provided for what you are paying.

Try ParaNexus.org for starters.

Brian D. Parsons
Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network

]]> By: Kate http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-become-a-paranormal-investigator/#comment-387516 Kate Mon, 25 May 2009 05:25:57 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=17831#comment-387516 I just have to comment because I noted with delight the picture of the Ghostfacers and your reference to Supernatural (only the best show on TV). I love the Ghostfacers and the Winchesters and I really hope we get another Ghostfacers episode before the series finishes. Some people find it odd that a self avowed atheist and skeptic like myself can enjoy a show like Supernatural, but I just see it as fantasy and a good story. Alright, I'm finished derailing the comments now. :-) I just have to comment because I noted with delight the picture of the Ghostfacers and your reference to Supernatural (only the best show on TV). I love the Ghostfacers and the Winchesters and I really hope we get another Ghostfacers episode before the series finishes.

Some people find it odd that a self avowed atheist and skeptic like myself can enjoy a show like Supernatural, but I just see it as fantasy and a good story.

Alright, I’m finished derailing the comments now. :-)

]]> By: Kate http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-become-a-paranormal-investigator/#comment-387513 Kate Mon, 25 May 2009 05:19:54 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=17831#comment-387513 Why? I mean, I'm an atheist, and I don't believe in paranormal activity, but as far as I know this blog has never claimed to eschew all things supernatural. What about a list of online ghost hunting resources doesn't fit here? It's a list of online tools that people can make use of. Seems to fit to me. Why? I mean, I’m an atheist, and I don’t believe in paranormal activity, but as far as I know this blog has never claimed to eschew all things supernatural. What about a list of online ghost hunting resources doesn’t fit here? It’s a list of online tools that people can make use of. Seems to fit to me.

]]> By: Guy McDowell http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-become-a-paranormal-investigator/#comment-387512 Guy McDowell Mon, 25 May 2009 05:07:11 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=17831#comment-387512 Part of MakeUseOf.com's mandate is to bring to people free ways to use the Internet to accomplish their goals. With the recent increase in popularity of the topic, more people would like to check this sort of thing out. That's why I wrote the article. Science, as we know it today, inherently has difficulties with anything of a spiritual nature. Yet the modern scientific method owes much of its development to men of faith. Science is of the temporal and natural, it has a real hard time with the spiritual to begin with. I think the truth is in the balance of the two. Part of MakeUseOf.com’s mandate is to bring to people free ways to use the Internet to accomplish their goals. With the recent increase in popularity of the topic, more people would like to check this sort of thing out. That’s why I wrote the article.

Science, as we know it today, inherently has difficulties with anything of a spiritual nature. Yet the modern scientific method owes much of its development to men of faith. Science is of the temporal and natural, it has a real hard time with the spiritual to begin with. I think the truth is in the balance of the two.

]]> By: Joe Bennett http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-become-a-paranormal-investigator/#comment-387491 Joe Bennett Mon, 25 May 2009 01:46:03 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=17831#comment-387491 Personally I think that an article like this has no place here on makeuseof.com. Paranormal activity of any kind has NEVER been conclusively proven in controlled scientific studies. Personally I think that an article like this has no place here on makeuseof.com. Paranormal activity of any kind has NEVER been conclusively proven in controlled scientific studies.

]]> By: Guy McDowell http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-become-a-paranormal-investigator/#comment-387468 Guy McDowell Sun, 24 May 2009 20:47:40 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=17831#comment-387468 That kind of stuff is weird, isn't it? Look up some of the work that Dr. Persinger, of Laurentian University, has done. Very interesting. I'm not sure it's conclusive, but it is fascinating. That kind of stuff is weird, isn’t it? Look up some of the work that Dr. Persinger, of Laurentian University, has done. Very interesting. I’m not sure it’s conclusive, but it is fascinating.

]]> By: Proof of Afterlife http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-become-a-paranormal-investigator/#comment-387443 Proof of Afterlife Sun, 24 May 2009 17:43:45 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=17831#comment-387443 You should look at the research of near death experiences where clinical dead people with flat EEG (no brain activity) report clear consciousness in their NDE. You should look at the research of near death experiences where clinical dead people with flat EEG (no brain activity) report clear consciousness in their NDE.

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