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1.
The anomaly must appear simultaneously in both the all-amplitue (A) and high-
amplitude (H)
spectra.
Since we observed occasional small amplitude noise bursts
in our pilot trials, we decided to ignore high count rate signals appearing only in the
A spectrum.
Likewise, the H spectrum must overlap with the A spectrum by virtue
of the discriminator settings.
Therefore any unusual feature appearing only in the
H spectrum must be due to an equipment malfunction, not a psychoenergetic event.
2.
Any anomaly appearing in both A and H spectra must appear at exactly the same
channel number.
For the reasons discussed above, any signals which are not corre-
lated in time would be considered due to only noise or equipment problems.
3.
To be considered, an anomaly must have been observed during an RV contact
period.
While some evidence exists for so called “linger” or “relaxation”
effects in
PK experiments we were specifically testing for increased pulse rates during remote
viewing.
Any unusual signals observed at other times were ignored.
4.
Finally, anomalies were considered to be only those signals which showed a rapid
transition in count rate.
Either the increase or decrease in rate must occur within a
few channels
(i.e., a
few seconds)
.
Slowly varying count rates are known to be
due to temperature drift and were discarded.
CONCLUSIONS
We have conducted a conceptual replication of work published by physicists in the People’s
Republic of China.
The overall results (summed across
all viewers) indicate a weak statistical effect
that supports the Chinese claims that correct RV acquisition of information perturbs physical systems.
In addition to the
statistical result, we observed two anomalies which resemble the shape and
magnitude of the signals reported in the PRC papers.
However, the evidence that these transients
were psychoenergetically induced
is inconclusive
(i.e., The anomalies occured in RV sessions of
modest quality.).
Furthermore, we observed very similar kinds of signals during the initial equipment
set-up which were clearly due to environmental noise and AC line transients. We are unable to com
pletely dismiss the anomalies, however, for two reasons:
•
The anomalies occured in RV contact periods.
•
The characteristics of the anomalies agreed with the type of signals reported by the
Chinese.
Since we observed both statistical correlations and two suggestive anomalies, the Chinese claims
were partially verified.
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To carry out a more definitive investigation, another set of experiments should be conducted with
the following improvements:
•
Add more-experienced viewers to the
initial group.
•
Examine the possibility of using English language alphabet letters as target material.
•
Cool and temperature stabilize the PM tube to further reduce background noise
levels.
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Carry out the experiment in a more nearly electrically isolated environment to
eliminate AC power line transients.
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