The truth is naked behind hallucinations

'I will never forget the shocking words of another officer:' God, Stone, it is a ghost ship ' , an officer reported.

Lake on the desert and 'ghost ship'

When referring to illusion, hallucinations, people often remember the story of the lake in the desert and the 'ghost ship'. Many people go on deserted desert deserted, sometimes suddenly see in front is a clear lake in the water, lake surface sparkling, both sides of the lake have good plants and people with houses . but when I get close, I don't see anything.

There are many places in the world circulating the story of 'ghost ship'. The most famous is the ship seen by the future King George V of England in 1881.

On a private trip on the ship HMS Bacchante, the prince noted the appearance of a sharp red strange light between the masts and the ship's mast. A sailor reported, he found it very close to the left side of the ship, but there was no trace or sign of a physical ship.'Ghost ship' like a fairy tale has brought misfortune, and on the same day, the sailor who reported on the "ghost ship" died from falling from a mast.

"Ghost ship" appears and disappears abruptly
witnessed by many people. (Artwork: Internet)

Another 'ghost ship' was seen on January 26, 1923, by sailors circling the Cape of Good Hope on a trip from Australia to England. At about 12:15 pm there was a strange light on the left side of the ship. NK Stone officer described what happened: 'It was a dark night like ink, cloud cover, moonless. We looked through the binoculars and telescopes of the ship, trying to figure out what seemed like a sailboat's body, shining, having two separate masts carrying a smooth, well-stretched sail shaft. . There was no sail, but there was a bright fog in the middle of the masts. There is no navigation light, and it seems to be approaching us and running at the same speed as us. When I first saw it, it was about two or three miles away, and when it was about half a mile away, suddenly it disappeared. "

There are four witnesses who saw this scene, including me. I will never forget the shocking words of another officer: 'Oh my God, Stone, it is a ghost ship'.

The same story happened in South Africa on a hot day like that in March 1939 witnessed by 60 people. When people are relaxing on the sands of Glencairn beach, suddenly a 17th-century sailboat with a high tail appears from the mist of the sea. Then a newspaper reported that all of its sails were bulging, although there was no light breeze at the time.

According to the British South Africa Annual Report in 1939, 'the ship was steadfast as the men on the beach were shocked, standing and talking about the reasons why and the causes of the ship that seemed about to be dissolved. On the sandy beaches of Strandfontein. However, as soon as the agitation had reached its peak, it was also the time when the ship mysteriously disappeared like it came. '

In addition to retelling stories, people have also seen hallucinations. For example, the performance of David Copperfield, the American in 1983. In his fourth special television show, The Magic of David Copperfield, played on CBS, he created the illusion to disappear the Goddess. Free in New York.

Illusion is really just . misunderstanding

Skeptics often explain the phenomenon that the group sees 'ghost ship' as 'collective illusion' . So what is hallucination? And how does a whole crowd of people see that phenomenon?

In medical terminology, illusions arise from misinterpreting physical and real facts. For example, a professional magician may trick the audience into believing they have seen him make a card disappear, when in fact it has been cleverly threaded into his sleeve. Using the same finger, Hindu austerities (miracles workers) have a reputation for creating great illusions that rise.

Illusions can also appear naturally. For example, on summer days, the air near the earth is much hotter than the air above, the rays are often refracted, or bent, create illusions, or illusions, of a shimmering lake.

Many people on the desert suddenly see
The front has a lake. (Artwork: Internet)

In the desert, the temperature is so high that the heat transfer ability of the air is very poor. At times when there is no wind, the air temperature is high and below ground there is a big difference, when the sun shines light through the upper air layer below the ground, the speed of light changes. . The light shining down through reflection and refraction brought images of mountains, lakes, houses . from other places to make people walking in the desert see illusions.

Accordingly, the physical explanation of the 'ghost ship' is due to the impact of the refracted light, distorting the image of a real ship running below the horizon. So the ship seemed to be near.

Hallucinations are different from illusions, because they arise from the imagination of individuals. An illusion occurs when the person believes that he can see or hear something happening just in his imaginary realm. For example, schizophrenic patients can 'hear' voices, and 'see' intimidating illusions.

However, even healthy people experience hallucinations. Everyone has the ability to have hallucinations when dreaming, or people can also fall into hallucinations in deep, sexy, exciting, frightening, enchanting, or stressful states. Some religious or magical rituals are designed to stimulate the states mentioned above, letting attendees see illusions and hear divine voices.

Many people believe that embarrassment stimulates participants with hallucinations, and mistakes individual fantasies as external reality. From the point of view of skeptics, a collective illusion can be provoked by a member of the crowd when he declares that he can see an illusion, creating momentum for others already in a state mindfulness and awakening will imagine the same.