User talk:Ghostlysoccer

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Hello, Ghostlysoccer, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Ian.thomson (talk) 02:34, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate that you enjoy using Wikipedia, please note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a social network. Wikipedia is not a place to socialize or do things that are not directly related to improving the encyclopedia, as you did at Talk:Ghost. Off-topic material may be deleted at any time. We're sorry if this message has discouraged you from editing this website, but the ultimate goal of this website is to build an encyclopedia. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:34, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

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Applied to your post at Talk:Ghost, the material you suggested would be inappropriate for an article. Reliable sources by scientists would say that Electromagnetic fields are just the movement of subatomic particles being moved along a particular path because of a fundamental universal force. There is no evidence for any sort of "ghost" particles, but there is plenty of evidence that people will agency to actions and patterns in images where there is none, as creatures which are hyperactive in detecting agency and patterns (despite a large number of false positives) are more likely to avoid predators than those who are less active in detecting agency and patterns. This, along with Observer-expectancy effect also explains the "Electronic Voice Phenomenon," which is merely a result of people ignoring the portions of the sound that do not resemble their desired message, and even imagining some sounds to fill in gaps.

Ian.thomson (talk) 02:47, 26 December 2011 (UTC)