Thrill-Seeking...Within Our Nature?

     Recently, it seems that my suite in Berkshire Towers has been overtaken with ghost mania. All semester, we have been noticing really odd things on the eighth floor. Furniture has been heard moving in locked rooms when no one is inside, my friend's laptop has flown across her room randomly, we have heard voices, and items have mysteriously gone missing and turned up in odd locations. We have been relatively intrigued, so my friends and I have even begun to watch the television show, "Ghost Adventures". What does all of this have to do with philosophy one might ask? Well, in my last blog post I talked about fear of the unknown, and for centuries people have feared ghosts for that precise reason - they know virtually nothing about them. I just wonder, are there really alternate universes and dimensions in which beings exist? Do ghosts exist? Do gods exist? People get very frustrated because they will probably never know the answer to any of these questions. But, that does not stop many from spending their whole lives trying to find the answers. Some of those are the three member crew of "Ghost Adventures". They go from town to town spending the entire night literally locked in "haunted" buildings, and enjoy it in the long run.  But, why do some individuals spend their whole life chasing the unknown while most others run away from it? What do you think about these "thrill-seekers"? Do they go against human nature by finding pleasure in unexplained phenomena? I do not believe I am one of these thrill-seekers, but am I in a sense? It is within our nature to be inquisitive. So, where is the line drawn between fear and simple general interest for individuals? Is this line the same for everyone, or does it vary? In other words, why is what some consider fascinating, what others consider deathly frightening?