As you know Hudinni spent the last years of his life and career debunking mediums and the after life. Can you science detect the presents of a ghost? Or photograph a ghost? Or record EVP's?
It would seem so easy to fake and so hard to prove.

actually, no, I didn't know that about hudini.. how would you know that I know that?

anyway, you answer your own post with your own post.. it's "hard to prove or dis-prove"

so hard, infact, that even countless centuries of human life hasn't even been able to agree upon this idea.

and, on the other end, it's so easy to prove, that countless people believe in its exsistance.

when it comes down to it, it's all about how you choose to believe the process of things.. words are merely a way to manipulate our own ideas into something comfortable into accepting.. you can prove and dis-prove anything with words.. it only matters in what you believe.

The fact is that not even one single shred of verifiable scientific evidence has ever been collected that would prove that ghosts exist. None.

Of course, that doesn't prove that they DON'T exist, and you are free to believe what you want.

Nonetheless, if you are looking for proof, there isn't any. If you want to base your beliefs on what has been reliably proven then you have no choice except to NOT believe in ghosts.

Jack, you post that the existence of ghosts is "so hard to prove".

Why?

All you need to do to prove the existence of ghosts is to produce one for examination. Bring in a ghost, call the local news crews, take the ghost to the nearest university for some documentation, get him (or her) booked on Letterman, show us the ghosties!

Not hard, if there are ghosts. Impossible if there are no ghosts.

Since it would not be hard at all, especially in this age of instant communications, why do you think it hasn't it happened? Can only be because there are no ghosts.

I think it would be great fun to see the Mythbusters crew hang out with the Ghost Hunters from SciFi Channel.

I'd love to see Jamie scream like a schoolgirl.