IONS 2009 Conference
This is IONS' biennial conference. I will be giving a presentation on advances in psi research, including preliminary results of my recent experiments involving the effects of consciousness on a double-slit optical system, a workshop with Dr. Julie Beischel on the evidence for survival of bodily death, which is planned to include a demonstration session with a research medium, and an evening experiment in collective awareness and intuition.
Comments
I am curious as to whether your double slit experiment shows a larger effect size than other psychokinetic experiments - which might perhaps suggest that psi operates via quantum effects.
Thanks
Robbie
Let's hope a podcast or two comes out of it for we who are geographically challenged.
On how to get involved, at the undergraduate student level there are very few options in the US. Better options in the UK. At the graduate level there are several universities and institutes where accredited degrees can be earned while focusing on these topics. Beyond schooling the options are very limited.
This is not due to lack of interest on the part of the public or scientists. The majority of people are interested in consciousness studies in one form or another. But within the academic track only a very thin slice of this topic is presently considered acceptable. This could change if enough people demanded it, but so far this hasn't happened.
Also read as much as possible about parapsychology, psychical research, and also books by psychics. By learning the subject from the scientific point of view and from the psychic's point of view you will develop unique insights that won't come from studing the subject from only one side.
I took Trevor's question to be angled towards technically oriented research because I imagine (perhaps wrongly) that most laypeople wouldn't have the time, money or interest in doing physics-oriented psi experiments.
Another approach that works -- sometimes -- is to find a sympathetic scientist with expertise in the area you're interested in, and see if you can pique his or her interest. This works only occasionally because like me, most active researchers have very long to-do lists and not much free time.
In the meantime, I will continue reading and familiarizing myself with the topic.
I'm curious as to the results of your new double slit experiment. Did using a real double slit still yield the same results as using a mirror setup, and without there being any other plausible ways to explain the results than a true observation at the slits?
Tor