Thread: !Spirits/Ghosts and electrical charges!

Hello everyone,

I came up with this idea when I was about to get asleep.
According to the majority of most theories of religious people, ghosts or spirits are actually the energy of a dead person. We cannot see or touch them, but they can interact with us, and sometimes they can even move physical matter (objects etc.).

I totally respect this point of view. But personally, I’m not religious of any kind.

The human brain is surrounded by weak electrical charges, this happens because of the communication between the millions of neurons we have. (Like when we think, study etc.)

My idea is, when someone’s die these weak electrical charges do not completely die with the person, which is in fact ridiculous because there’s no more brain activity, but let’s say if the electrical charges don’t die and somehow get out of the brain and stay around the atmosphere.

Now, if when these electrical charges are getting out of the brain they take with them the memories of the dead person, we will actually have an intelligent life being. It is an energy being formed by electrical charges so we can’t touch it, see it, or hear it(not with our eyes or ears anyway). But it has memories, and it can interact with physical matter in a certain way using the power of its electrical charges.

To sum up, is a spirit made of electrical charges and memories of a dead person ?
Thank you for reading this. Please share your opinion (Physics, chemists, scientists, priests will be highly appreciated), and do not blame me if this can’t be true at all.

Diniz Gomes


“And god said: - Science wins “

First you'd have to show there is such a thing as a ghost or spirit.

This isn't physics. I'm sending it to pseudoscience.

Originally Posted by AcKel

Hello everyone,

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Originally Posted by AcKel

According to the majority of most theories of religious people, ghosts or spirits are actually the energy of a dead person. We cannot see or touch them, but they can interact with us, and sometimes they can even move physical matter (objects

I doubt most religious people hold this specific view. Even if they do, a theory about something for which no serious evidence exists, from people with a religious agenda, can generally be disregarded from a scientific standpoint.

Originally Posted by AcKel

My idea is, when someone’s die these weak electrical charges do not completely die with the person, which is in fact ridiculous because there’s no more brain activity, but let’s say if the electrical charges don’t die and somehow get out of the brain and stay around the atmosphere.

Now, if when these electrical charges are getting out of the brain they take with them the memories of the dead person, we will actually have an intelligent life being. It is an energy being formed by electrical charges so we can’t touch it, see it, or hear it(not with our eyes or ears anyway). But it has memories, and it can interact with physical matter in a certain way using the power of its electrical charges.

It is an interesting idea. Unfortunately, there is no evidence to support it and quiet a lot of evidence to contradict it.

Originally Posted by AcKel

Hello everyone,.... ..... and do not blame me if this can’t be true at all.

Originally Posted by Harold14370

First you'd have to show there is such a thing as a ghost or spirit.

This isn't physics. I'm sending it to pseudoscience.

Harold14370 with all due respect, leaving aside the point of view of religious people, which I totally disagree with, nowadays we can prove it in a very easy way. I'm not saying it is ghosts or spirits, but it's definitely something.

"I doubt most religious people hold this specific view. Even if they do, a theory about something for which no serious evidence exists, from people with a religious agenda, can generally be disregarded from a scientific standpoint."

I agree with you, and if you refer to my next phrase you will see that I express my point of view concerning religion and all its ideas in general.

Since I have no proofs and there's no law or force that can maintain these electrical charges organized without the presence of neurons, I would say... Let's call it...

Thank you all for time guys !

Originally Posted by AcKel

To sum up, is a spirit made of electrical charges and memories of a dead person ?

Nope. Spirits are indeed made of electrical charges and memories - but they are created by the minds and the memories of living people, who use their innate ability to see human figures in non-human forms (prareidoloa) to create visions of such spirits. They may not be real but they are very "real" to the people who experience them.

Originally Posted by AcKel

Harold14370 with all due respect, leaving aside the point of view of religious people, which I totally disagree with, nowadays we can prove it in a very easy way. I'm not saying it is ghosts or spirits, but it's definitely something.

I presume you meant to say, "nowadays we can disprove it (the hypothesis that ghosts are residual electric charges) in a very easy way".

However, you have misunderstood why Harold moved your thread. It was not because there is a phenomena that some people interpret as ghosts. It is because you proposed an explanation for that phenomena that is patently absurd and unscientific. I am at a loss to understand why you would post a hypothesis you know to be ridiculous. There could be advantages in such an approach, but you have used none of them.

if you refer to my next phrase you will see that I express my point of view concerning religion and all its ideas in general.

I just want correct a false impression you may have. You appear to think I may share your views on religion. Please note I questioned the value of theories proposed by persons "with a religious agenda", not those proposed by religious persons in general.

Originally Posted by AcKel

Originally Posted by Harold14370

First you'd have to show there is such a thing as a ghost or spirit.

This isn't physics. I'm sending it to pseudoscience.

Harold14370 with all due respect, leaving aside the point of view of religious people, which I totally disagree with, nowadays we can prove it in a very easy way. I'm not saying it is ghosts or spirits, but it's definitely something.

What phenomena are you referring to, which you say is definitely something, that you think your hypothesis could explain? What is the evidence for it?

Harold, I have seen two ghosts, so I know personally the phenomenon is real, i.e. definitely something. However, ackel's explanation totally fails to account for this 'something', a point he readily admits. That returns me, full circle, to ask him again - why even post it?

Originally Posted by John Galt

Harold, I have seen two ghosts, so I know personally the phenomenon is real, i.e. definitely something. However, ackel's explanation totally fails to account for this 'something', a point he readily admits. That returns me, full circle, to ask him again - why even post it?

I wrote down this post, because even if I'm a science student I do not possess the required knowledge to explain this event. The main point, was actually to ask other people who have a decent science knowledge(physics, chemistry, biology etc) to prove to my self that this idea was or not true.
I know this isn't an affair or subject of most importance, so we do no need to continue this conversation.