Notes
Outline
Exploring Global Mind
Speculations
What if Einstein was right?
God does not play dice with the universe
What if mind and matter are deeply interrelated?
What if there are hidden causes for apparent randomness?
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Testing Mind-Matter Interaction
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What do the skeptics say?
Carl Sagan (1987)
ESP =  the Loch Ness monster; flying saucers; an elephant that talks fluent Russian….
Carl Sagan (1995)
There are three claims in the ESP field which deserve serious study:
1) that by thought alone humans can affect random number generators
    RNG meta-analysis
RNG cumulative mean z score
Summary: Evidence for Mind-Matter Interaction with RNGs
RNG results in alignment with speculations about quantum measurement
Results not due to chance, poor quality, selective reporting
Effects are weak and variable
Effects are not force-like, not simple causal mechanisms
Prediction
Example
October 1995 - OJ Simpson Verdict
OJ Simpson Verdict
Global Consciousness Project
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Devices and controls
High quality, EM-shielded, hardware RNGs
RNGs pass standard randomness tests
Analyses checked against pseudorandom database
Analyses checked by independent analysts
Example
Distribution of 1000 200-bit trials
Events studied
Predictable events of mass interest
New Years celebrations, sports events
Unpredictable events of mass interest
Earthquakes, terrorist attacks
Formal predictions and analyses
Exploratory analyses
   Types of formal events
Disaster Western Indian Earthquake
Disaster Volcanic Eruption, Congo
Meditation WorldPuja Webcast
Meditation Ramadan Muslim Prayer
Meditation Buddhist Stupa Ceremony
Violence Terrorist Disaster, Sept 11
Sports World Series, Yankee Stadium
Sports Winter Olympic Opening
Funeral George Harrison Tribute
Celebration Earth Day, 2001
Celebration Beijing Gets 2008 Olympics
Celebration New Year 2001-2002
Full formal database
105 global events over 3 years 9 months
z score by event types
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Sept 8 – Sept 14
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Daily variance: 1998 - 2002
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Measuring coherence across RNGs
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    RIC vs. News correlation
 RIC vs. News
Outlier Analysis
Is the observed correlation meaningful? Cross correlation test
RIC vs. News
cross correlation
RIC vs. News
cross-correlation odds
RIC Cross Correlation
Europe (12 RNGs) vs. North America (27 RNGs)
     Europe vs. USA odds
News Spectral Analysis
  News metric by day of the week
News x RIC
Cross Spectral Analysis
RIC vs. news by weekday
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Speculation
Mind & Matter are complementary aspects of a more fundamental, self-reflective reality
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  Conclusions
MMI-RNG scales up to the globe
Some support for Einstein’s Objection
God does not play dice with the universe
Future research
Role of the analyst in these results
Improved global coherence measures (news?)
New types of “matter” and “mind” detectors
Theoretical models