Let’s say that it’s scientifically proven that ghosts exist. Would they then stop being supernatural and become natural, thus making it impossible to ever have proof of the supernatural?

  • SuperDuper@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Pretty much. Same as mythological creatures. If you discovered and recorded proof of a dragon, mermaid, wendigo, etc they’d no longer be considered mythological. At that point they’re simply creatures.

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      5 months ago

      I quite like cryptozoology, looking for proof of animals that don’t officially exist. Loads of the animals over the decades have been found and proven and then they just go over to zoology and people still think of cryptozoology as a pseudoscience, it’s really weird.