Well you haven't taken me to task at all. I guess it's all about perspective.

As for my mind being closed on the different kind of examples you list, well you're just wrong. But let's be honest here, when people talk about ghosts, they are talking about a very specific thing.

Another problem I have, is that as of yet, there is just no way to test for such things. How can my mind be closed, when I don't know enough about theoretical physics to begin to work out a model for such things? It's one thing to call me (incorrectly) closed minded, but it's another thing all together, to be so open minded that your brain falls out.

If you have a theory for how to test for such things as empathic imprints on the universe, then be my guest.

All I know now, is that there is absolutely no reason currently, to believe that ghosts/afterlife can exist. Just like all disciplines of science - show me your hypothesis and how you plan to test it.

I'll genuinely, have absolutely no problem changing my mind should new evidence come to light, but as of now, then there isn't anything that you've written, that could even begin to tempt me, and I know you want to paint that as closed minded, but it's not. It's not closed minded for the same reason that biologists don't study intelligent design. Namely, it's untestable, unprovable, pseudo-science.