My Theory of Ghosts and Pandas

19Nov08

Last Friday while walking to the bar down the street from where I work, my co-worker and I started having a somewhat philosophical conversation. Now this guy is smart and practically knows something about everything its crazy. At work he’ll spit out random tidbits here and there. For example, did you know there are only 26 main patterns of house keys? Your house key has a 1 in 26 chance it can unlock a random house door. Now I don’t know how credible this information is and haven’t double checked it or anything, but it’s still cool in my opinion to know.

So we’re walking down the street and I forget how our conversation led to ghosts. Most likely I said something random like, “Hey I think that guy who walked by isn’t alive“. My co-worker turned my way with a face expressing disbelief and said, “There’s no such thing as ghosts and superstitions are silly. It’s all in the mind, psychological.”

I was astonished. A non-believer was in my midst! (Most likely the people walking around us were non-believers also haha) This sets off our little debate on the issue and I start it with my theory.

“The more people believe in something, the more true it becomes.” This is basically my theory which is probably already a theory or a philosophical thought or whatever but allow me to expound.

I grew up in California and pretty much was like most of Americans not really believing in ghosts and such. Most of our society has that “if I can’t see it or touch it then its probably not real” notion. *cough* air, gravity, atoms *cough* (idiots)

It all started when I first started living in the Philippines. Practically everyone there believes , knows, or claims to be able to see ghosts and the like. About 1 in 5 people I meet tell me they have a 3rd eye which means they can see supernatural crap. Don’t give me that bull. You see what you want you loony. (But I wasn’t that mean I just say, “Ohh really? Is that so (uhm he/she’s crazy)”. But after awhile it gets kind of old and I start thinking, so many people can’t be that crazy. I mean, they can’t all be hallucinating or creating things with their imagination.

I have a niece who is 3 years old now. Ever since she could talk she would point up and say “Bobby” while we were having our lunch or dinner. I asked my mom what is bobby. “What” was actually a “Who” as my mom suspected Bobby was her imaginary friend. One evening our suspicions came to a halt with a hair-raising revelation. My niece found a figurine of an angel, very excited and happy saying she found Bobby.

Basically my theory is that the more people believe in something the more real it becomes. In the Philippines mostly everyone believes in the supernatural like ghosts and angels, thus more people there see them.

I was immediately attacked by my co-worker which psychological references and philosophical schools of thoughts and whatnot.

Do YOU believe?

Here is a snapshot my gf took from our webcam session last night to help you believe.

PS: Everyone please keep believing in pandas. Don’t let them disappear!

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