Let me introduce myself...

[Nightmancyr]

Hello :)

I'm 22, newly married and I live in Perth, West Australia. Looks like I have found a good message board...the paranormal combined with Singapore: 2 of my favourite things. :)

I've been to Singapore twice and i'm going back again next month. Not long to go now!

As for the paranormal...I've always wanted to be a parapsychologist.

Hope to talk to all of you soon.

[lyk13]

Enjoy yourself in our humble forum! You can start an ice-breaking thread over at the ice-breaking section. :cheers:

[cyndishi]

Are you a Singaporean who has emigrate to Perth Or are u Australian born?
Yup, you can try posting in -Ice Breaking Session-

[BeckHamHam]

:rolleyes: ur words very big leyz....gd for my lazy eyes. =X hate to squint at small words...hehe..welcome!!

[lubisratno]

shes aussie. i hope you understand singlish. welcome on board!

[theghost]

pardon me ah....wat does a parapsychologist do??

[Mathwizard]

Parapsychology is a branch of psychology that study anomalous human experiences, including NDE, OBE, ghost and haunting, consciousness, poltergeist, ESP, PK and many others. They do not necessarily "believe" in the phenomena because they are scientists doing objective research. Take ghost phenomena for example, parapsychologists acknowledge that such phenomena exist but they may not agree that ghosts are spirits of the dead, some of them think that the phenomena can be explained by hallucination, ESP, influences from EMF and infra-sound etc.

[yvonne77]

welcome to keeptouch... enjoy yr stay here...

[theghost]

Parapsychology is a branch of psychology that study anomalous human experiences, including NDE, OBE, ghost and haunting, consciousness, poltergeist, ESP, PK and many others. They do not necessarily "believe" in the phenomena because they are scientists doing objective research. Take ghost phenomena for example, parapsychologists acknowledge that such phenomena exist but they may not agree that ghosts are spirits of the dead, some of them think that the phenomena can be explained by hallucination, ESP, influences from EMF and infra-sound etc.

icic...paranormal scientist....cheem siah but are their salary high n wats the qualifications to be one?? it would be quite exciting to work in this field

[ah_bao]

hi there... welcome !! :grin:

[Mathwizard]

icic...paranormal scientist....cheem siah but are their salary high n wats the qualifications to be one?? it would be quite exciting to work in this field

Most are lecturers in universities so they receive the same salary as other university lecturer. But the field is, not surprisingly, controversial, so it is hard to get any funding for research and there is hardly any progress. You need to be a psychologist first before specialising in parapsychology.

Both Harvard and Stanford Universities have fellowships endowed explicitly for psychical research (but they don't advertise it, and most of the available funds have been usurped for other purposes).

You can get more details at http://www.psiresearch.org/para3.html

[theghost]

Most are lecturers in universities so they receive the same salary as other university lecturer. But the field is, not surprisingly, controversial, so it is hard to get any funding for research and there is hardly any progress. You need to be a psychologist first before specialising in parapsychology.

Both Harvard and Stanford Universities have fellowships endowed explicitly for psychical research (but they don't advertise it, and most of the available funds have been usurped for other purposes).

You can get more details at http://www.psiresearch.org/para3.html

hmm.....do they excorise ghosts/demons usin technology??

[Mathwizard]

hmm.....do they excorise ghosts/demons usin technology??


No they don't. As I say, they are PSYCHOLOGIST and as such only study human EXPERIENCES towards paranormal events. Not all of them believe in the objective existence of ghosts or demons, not to mention exorcise? Also one important aspect of scientific study (in any field, not just parapsychology) is not to mess with your data of study, i.e. scientists are not part of the study. That's why primatologist who study gorillas try to get used to them first so as the gorillas can accpet his or her presence and behave as they would naturally. Similarly a parapsychologist can study about exorcism but not be part of the ritual himself. An experimenter cannot be a part of the experiment.

[theghost]

No they don't. As I say, they are PSYCHOLOGIST and as such only study human EXPERIENCES towards paranormal events. Not all of them believe in the objective existence of ghosts or demons, not to mention exorcise? Also one important aspect of scientific study (in any field, not just parapsychology) is not to mess with your data of study, i.e. scientists are not part of the study. That's why primatologist who study gorillas try to get used to them first so as the gorillas can accpet his or her presence and behave as they would naturally. Similarly a parapsychologist can study about exorcism but not be part of the ritual himself. An experimenter cannot be a part of the experiment.

icic.....i read from a website dat there are ppl who uses technology to capture the presence of ghost n then exorcise usin technology something like wat ghostbusters do but not so exaggerated style but more in a rational n scientific manner .....i tink they are scientists in this field who specialise in ghosts....btw do u happen to noe wat are they called?

[Mathwizard]

I don't even know that such "scientists" exist. After all you have to prove that ghosts exist and you have to know what ghosts really are (particle? wave? If particle what kind of particle? Does it has mass? charges? EMF?) only then you can talk about "catching" them :sarcastic

[theghost]

I don't even know that such "scientists" exist. After all you have to prove that ghosts exist and you have to know what ghosts really are (particle? wave? If particle what kind of particle? Does it has mass? charges? EMF?) only then you can talk about "catching" them :sarcastic

such things jus read n forget abt it loh but the way they put it seemed so real n aso the gadgets like very high tech....well internet always have such so called real stories which we dunno if it exist in the 1st place....anyway i'm jus a layman when it comes to ghost topics dont even noe if they exist aso

[chjuh]

hi mathwizard,

your knowledge of psychologist is well versed. do u practise too?

[Mathwizard]

hi mathwizard,

your knowledge of psychologist is well versed. do u practise too?

No I am not a psychologist. The most I have is attending PL1101E: Introduction to Psychology in NUS :grin: I am just being interested in science in general, so I understand scientific methodology used in various fields of Science. :)