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Presentiment in the news.
Feeling the future meta-analysis
Before Cornell University psychologist Daryl Bem published an article on precognition in the prominent Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, it had already (and ironically given the topic) evoked a response from the status quo. The New York Times was kind enough to prepare us to be outraged . It was called " craziness, pure craziness" by life-long critic Ray Hyman. Within days the news media was announcing that it was all just a big mistake . I wrote about the ensuing brouhaha in this blog . But the bottom line in science, and the key factor that trumps hysterical criticism, is whether the claimed effect can be repeated by independent investigators. If it can't then perhaps the original claim was mistaken or idiosyncratic. If it can, then the critics need to rethink their position. Now we have an answer to the question about replication. An article has been submitted to the Journal of Social and Personality Psycho...
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You once mentioned to me that various laboratories were trying to pluck up courage to publish successful repetitions of your experiment - I guess this is it.
The presentiment phenomenon has always appealed to me because it is the nearest thing to a reliably repeatable PSI experiment that there is.
It should rise some eyebrows.
OOOOH did anyone catch the report that richard wiseman did an experiment that showed psi in a replication of a sheldrake experiment.
Do the mean the Jaytee experiments a while back or some other more recent experiment? I know that very recently, Rupert Sheldrake and Chris French are conducting a collaborative replication on telephone telepathy. Is that the one you mean?
What are your thoughts on the Akashic Records? Would be great to read something from you regarding this subject.
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On your RNG experiments, I had an idea. If youre still looking for an event that would perhaps be similar in scope to 9-11 for studying, it would be "Norooz", the Persian New Year. It is celebrated by Central Asian states, and it takes place at an exact specified time every year (the precise time of the vernal equinox). At the very moment of the VE, I would not be exaggerating if I said that millions would be tuned into a collective field. I think it's worth looking into.
Someday, if and when I finish my PhD, I'll pick up the research that Biermann abd Libet were doing. I think there's a lot to be learned from functional imaging.