「幽霊に信じてますか？」という質問に答え方の悩み

多くの人はそういう質問を聞かれたときに「いいえ。見えないから信じられん」とあんまり深く考えずに答えがちだ。その理由はちょっと弱いとおもいます。「すべての幽霊的な現象には、科学的な理由がある」という答えの方が正しい。

でも、「科学的だったら真実だ」という考え方の人ももっと怠らずに考えたら、「そもそも、なぜ科学的な理由がそんなに優れているの」という事に悩み始めますかもしれません。あらゆる考え方に、考えている人に信じられた根拠が存在している。その根拠がなくするとすべてが無くなる。延々と迷ってしまうようになるかもしれません。

困ったな。

"Do you believe in ghosts?" - Concerns regarding how to answer

Many people have a tendency to reply to this question flippantly, saying "no, I can't believe in things I can't see." However, I think that's a poor reason. "For all ghost-like phenomena there exists a more scientific explanation." is, I think, a much more accurate response.

However, even for the person who thinks that think "if an explanation is scientific it's (more) true," if they think a little more carefully, they might start worrying about why it is even the case that scietific explanations are better in the first place! For all ways of thought there exists a basis that is believed by the thinker. If we imagine that this basis is lost then all (for the thinker) will be lost. The thinker themself will likely be lost forever.

It's a bit concerning.