Do you believe in ghosts?

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And what are your reasons for choosing so?

Well. Unless they're hallucinations (they'd be pretty impressive ones though..), I'm pretty sure there is some sort of supernatural things going on within our world.
I use to see spirits/ghosts, I still feel when things aren't right.. I've always been fairly in tune with nature and natural energies..

I've never encountered a 'ghost' of any kind. I have, however, encountered many people who claim to have had encounters with 'ghosts'.

I wonder why people who believe in 'ghosts' seem to not also believe in hallucinations, delusions, trickery, pareidolia, or attention-seekers telling lies.

I can't say I believe or disbelieve. I do not think 'believing' is a choice or preference.
There are a lot of things we don't understand and can't know one way or the other.

If ghosts do exist they are not supernatural because nothing is supernatural.
When we die we are left behind in the memories of other people and animals.
I have often entertained the idea that the universe is a living conscious thing because it has produced living conscious creatures who are made from the stuff of the universe. And in a way are the eyes of the universe looking at and understanding itself.
That ability didn't come from nowhere. what exists in the microcosm must exist somehow in the macrocosm.

Only the ones named Kyle. Oh yeah, and Casper!

(oops-resubmitting to edit this line to say macrocosm not microcosm)
I also believe that when we die, our individual consciousness returns to the consciousness of the macrocosm much like the human concept of heaven.

I don't believe in ghosts, but I do believe in alternate dimension aliens about the size of a small cat with no facial features and a bad attitude towards our dimension. I've seen them twice, granted I was on some heavy drugs at the time, but that stuff was real at the time. Once the room was fairly dark, the second time was broad daylight and the second time a fellow "tripper" saw them as well. You can't deny the power of group delusions, our society runs on them

I neither believe nor disbelieve, I guess. I am not superstitious, at all, but I do recognize that there are unidentified unknowns. And there are certainly very credible, rational, reputable people who have claimed to have encountered a ghost.

Since there is no way real way to substantiate (or not) such experiences, then the idea holds no real credible power. Sort of like we cannot prove (nor disprove) the existence of God. Termed a 'ceramic hammer' in the sciences.

But, yes, I do believe in our own Kyle the Ghost

I don't not believe in ghosts... It is possible it could be some sort of electromagnetic disturbance of some sort messing with electronics in my case, but there's no way to know for certain. My grandmother's house always had some strange things going on, even when my dad was a child. I experienced it multiple times and had no explanation. It usually affected musical things, such as music boxes and record players and old clocks.
I've never experienced anything ghost like in any other house, to my knowledge.

Although I don't believe in ghosts, I will admit that I would open to the idea if I received supporting evidence of there existence. There is another topic where I mention believing in premonitions, as a result of having them occasionally. After accepting this, I have also taken my conclusions a step further and accepted the idea that there are most likely other things that happen which can not be explained by modern science. Still, I do not believe that all stories of paranormal activity to be true. As a result, I find myself skeptical of many things but not willing to completely shut them out.

Ghosts fall fairly low on the list of things I think are possible for a very important reason. People do not like the idea of death being final. Most religions reflect this idea by having some form of afterlife. I think the idea of ghost is probably another manifestation of this. Many people would rather think a person can haunt the house where they died than think that the person just stops existing altogether when they pass away. I think, as scary as the concept of a ghost is, it also inspires a person to think, if so and so continued to haunt a location after death, it means that there are definitely people who's story doesn't just end when they die. In a twisted way, I think that the idea of ghosts being real inspires hope when people think about death.

I believe that death is final. The thought scares me but I refuse to give up what I believe to be reality just because the resulting truth is not a pleasent one. Do I think it would be nice if I was wrong and existence could continue in death? Heck yes, which is why part of me... an illogical part of me that does not want to accept that there will someday be an ultimate end to my being... actually hopes that ghosts might be real. It would be proof that death does not always mean the termination of ones existence. But once again, I refuse to accept an idea just to feel comfortable. I would need some serious evidence to start believing that ghosts are real.

No, I don't believe in ghosts. I've never seen any. If someone claims to have seen one, then I believe that he/she must just be delusional or possibly have seen some phenomenon that can (eventually) be explained by science. I honestly wish ghosts existed but I really can't delude myself.

And no, I don't think believing or not believing has anything to do with autism (I'm saying this just for the sake of making this topic somewhat relevant to autism as this thread is in GAD).

We know weird stuff goes on that we can't explain, I lean towards the theory that things that go bump in the night/UFOs et all are nothing more than an imperfection in the time stream... This is not mere speculation either, I am currently refurbishing a house down on the very south coast of the UK that belongs to Mrs Jones. This 1914 built detached cottage is 'Haunted' as many would describe it, but its not, it has a temporal thing going on and a personality of its own which we know as 'House'. Now 'House' is a puzzle, whereas the accepted view of a Haunting, things usually take place on dark and stormy nights when everyone's awareness is heightened, House is different. In a 'traditional' haunting you MIGHT see & hear stuff, with House, you WILL at all hours of the day and night! But, what you see and hear are echoes of people who aren't dead, Lily the Dog trots up the Hallway, she lives 8 miles away. Our middle Son can be seen climbing the stairs, he's hale & hearty and working in a Shoe shop, Boots the Cat sits on the stairs with his distinctive green eyes and red collar. He lives 120 miles away. Both Mrs Jones and I saw her ex leave for the Builders merchant, then from the garden through the kitchen window 2 minutes later, we saw him do it again without opening the front door... House itself likes to move & steal stuff, keys & bin liners mostly, but one day it pinched a 10kg bag of Charcoal we had just that minute dumped in the hall, we were there alone, I put it there 'cos Mrs Jones couldn't lift it & it just vanished never to be found! That's not something that could roll innocuously under the Fridge! I could go on with the strangeness that anyone can witness... The even odder thing is that its not spooky, just weird.
Sadly 'House' is being sold and will probably succumb to a Bulldozer so they can build 200 flats on its half acre, but if you wanted proof that this planet suffers from temporal imperfections & eddys that cause stuff to be visible out of context (this would also explain UFOs) its right here in Sussex by the Sea!

I absolutely believe.
I think there is the world of what is and the world of what isn't, and from observable evidence in the world of what is, it seems likely that the world of what isn't is much, much larger and more powerful.
Over time we discover more and more about the world of what isn't, but we are still very limited.
For example, there are things that our brains have access to, but we don't yet have the ability to devise test equipment that will also access it. As time goes on we will learn more.
To me, all forces are ghosts, and I know that's not the most common definition.