WHILE MANY PEOPLE STAND FIRM IN THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF ORBS BEING GENUINE AND IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE OF THE PARANORMAL, OR IN THEIR ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTHENTIC "GHOST" ORBS AND THE MUNDANE CAUSES THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN HAVE BEEN PROVED TO CAUSE SAID "ORBS".. I HOLD THE OPPOSITE STANCE.
MY BELIEF, MIND YOU THIS IS JUST MY STANCE AND IN NO FORM OR FASHION AM SAYING THAT THIS WAY OF THINKING IS THE ONLY CORRECT WAY TO LOOK AT THE SUBJECT OF ORBS... THIS IS JUST HOW I VIEW IT.
AHEM....
WHEN IT COMES TO ORBS ... YOU CAN ONLY HAVE IT ONE WAY ...
EITHER ALL ORBS ARE DUST/POLLEN/LENSE FLARE.. IN OTHERWORDS HAVE EVERYDAY CAUSES
OR
ALL ORBS ARE GHOSTS.
LET ME EXPLAIN MY THINKING.
MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF GHOST HUNTERS AND BELIEVERS IN THE EXISTANCE OF GHOSTS. NOONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO PROVE THEY ACTAULLY EXIST.
THAT BEING SAID... THERE IS NO DEFINIATIVE WAY IN WHICH TO OBJECTIVELY LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT AN ORB IS AN "AUTHENTIC GHOST" ORB OR MERELY SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY. AFTERALL HOW YOU CAN YOU PROVE SOMETHING TO BE THAT WHICH HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED TO EXIST? IF THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE WAY IN WHICH TO DIFFERENTIATE THE TWO CATEGORIES... YOU EITHER HAVE ONE OR THE OTHER... NEVER BOTH.
SURE PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT YOU NEED MERELY TO LOOK AT THE SHAPE OF THE OBJECT IN QUESTION, OR IF THERE IS A "MEMBRANE" PRESENT. BUT NOT SO FAST. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT PROVEN CAUSES FOR ORBS, BE IT DUST, POLLEN, REFRACTION, REFLECTION, LENS FLARE.. ETC.. ETC.. ALL OF WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS ULTIMATLY LEADING TO A DIFFERING END RESULT (THE ORB) ALSO HAVING DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS TO THEM. FOR INSTANCE, POLLEN GRAINS COME IN ALL DIFFERING SHAPES AND SIZES, TRUE A GOOD PORTION ARE SPHERICAL IN SHAPE, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OTHERS THAT ARE ROD, TRIANGULAR, OR OBLONG.. THUS WHEN THESE ARE CAUGHT BY CAMERA, WILL HAVE A SHAPE OTHER THAN BEING "SPHEROID". THOUGH TO SOME THE NON-SPHEROID SHAPE WOULD CONSTITUTE A GHOST.
AGAIN THESE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS.