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sjind: no, that's only part of it. it's just an affirmation of what is already manifest. as an epistemological rule, we can't affirm the existence of anything for which we have no objective evidence. all reports of "ghosts" up to this point fallaciously take one (not very good) explanation for their experience of a phenomenon to constitute the ONLY possible explanation for that experience. until concrete, scientifically verifiable evidence exists to refute any alternative explanation (aberrent psychological states among those who have such experiences, carefully calculated hoaxes, other material causes such as light waves, some combination of these, etc.), we have no reason to believe such an outlandish claim.
hip priest: i heard some things once or twice -- predictably nothing specific, so i don't remember precisely what. i vaguely remember a planned "ghost tour" of the basement one halloween, but i think i went home that day, not because i thought i would see ghosts (i didn't), but because i like to give out candy to the little tykes and my dorm offered no such opportunities.
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