kouriichi said:
You cant discredit every witness. Sure, popular culture blew the "human field" out of proportion. But what hasnt it touched yet?
Witness' by nature are discredited. Their's a reason that scam websites plaster themselves with testimonials, it's because such claims are easy to fabricate, can be quoted out of context(to create any many you desire), often leave out important information that might discredit them(watch the qualiasoup video on the second page), and impossible to verify(the real problem here, as most of these witness's probably aren't being maliciously fabricated).
They simply cannot be used to prove anything. With is a shame, since most paranormal evidence tends to comprise entirely of testimonials. When people start trying to prove ghosts using science, things become a lot easier for all of us.
For instance, the L-fields linked, are exactly the same as the fields on the previous link, they make no distinction between life and rock, they are described as the same phenomena, and show the same behaviours(even cross referencing the same Russian scientist). This guy gave it another name, but that doesn't change what it is. They are a by product of the way the physical world works, that does mean that some of the stuff shown is accurate(such as the frog egg thing shown by Burrs studys) but not the reverse, the field is not controlling us(it isn't a soul), it doesn't dictate which way the frog rests in it's egg, it just reacts to the way the flog is sitting.
It also exists for non-living objects(even if you want to call it something different), which make any connection to emotion or memory very unlikely. It reacts to the intensity of energy(in this case electrical) in a body, allowing it to spike at emotional or traumatic points, but its doesn't discriminate or show any useful data.
The fact that it dissipates after death makes perfect sense, as many of our bodily functions are based on electrical signals, this field is really just static electricity.
I'm all for believing what you want, and I won't tell you not to believe it(I wouldn't expect you to listen even if I did tell you

). I would love for all this stuff about ghosts and spirits to be true, it'd make life much more interesting. And that's part of the reason I feel we should be so hard on half ass'd claims of ghosts and dodgy TV shows claiming to "scientifically" investigate ghosts when all they really do is talk crap and jump at shadows and house creaks. If it is real, it'll take some real effort a research to find tangible proof of it, while any real evidence is drowned under tarot cards and other nonsense.
Anyway, thanks for the links and discussion, it was fun to read. I'm off to play some games.