Supernatural technical evidence (from photo evidence to modern fakes)
https://doi.org/10.17726/philIT.2022.2.4
Abstract
Advances in technology might seem to help to temper belief in the supernatural, but it turned out that they served, for example, to prove the existence of the otherworldly. The appearance of photography was perceived by spiritualists as a possible way to demonstrate the existence of spirits. The reusing of stacked plates, the duration of the exposure, illumination, etc. often added details to the new photograph, so unintentionally additional images fell into the photograph, causing confusion. The article considers cases of falsification of collisions of people with supernatural forces, imprinted on photos of XIX, XX and XXI centuries. as well as videos from the 20th and 21st centuries. Only 37% of the photos and 63% of the videos were falsified intentionally – exposure, editing, counterfeiting, scenery or acting actors, while 53% of the photos and 29% of the videos were unintentionally. It was an accident, a game of light and shadow, spoiled photo/video. Presented as supernatural can have a resemblance to a human figure, or be a spot, a shadow. Most of the evidence of encounters is unintentional, in the daytime, outside. The article examines the progress of technologies through which you can create fake pictures. Especially in modern times, the development of digital technologies had reached a level where it was impossible to distinguish between real and edited images
About the Authors
N. V. Gavrikova
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gavrikova Nonna Vitalievna - Student
D. E. Moiseenko
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moiseenko Daria Evgenievna - Student
V. V. Lobatyuk
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Lobatyuk Victoria Valerievna - PhD social sciences
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Gavrikova N.V., Moiseenko D.E., Lobatyuk V.V. Supernatural technical evidence (from photo evidence to modern fakes). Philosophical Problems of IT & Cyberspace (PhilIT&C). 2022;(2):53-68. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17726/philIT.2022.2.4
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