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Since we think
that remote viewing is
a difficult
task,
like perceiving
a subliminal stimulus,
we
think
it
takes
the full attentive powers of
the subject.
Therefore,
the environment,
procedures,
etc.,
should be as
natural and comfortable
as possible so
that
as little attention as
possible
is
on anything other than the job
at hand.
No mumbo-jumbo
,
hypnosis,
strobe lights,
or sensory-deprivation procedures,
since all
these
(novel)
environmental factors
take away some of
the subject’s
much-needed attention.
We are in
this sense proponents
of
a "naturalist
school."
If
the subject feels more comfortable smoking or drinking
a
cup
of
coffee,
why not?
These should be arranged ahead of
time,
however
so
that neither subject nor experimenter leave
the experimental room
while waiting for
the outbound experimenter
to reach his
target.
The experimenter
should have arranged ahead of
time
to have pen and
paper available
for drawing,
and
a tape recorder.
When
the agreed-
upon experimental
time arrives;
the inbound experimenter simply asks
the subject
to "describe what impressions come
to mind with regard
to
where
the outbound experimenter is."
Most subjects prefer
to close
their eyes,
but
they
should simply do what comes naturally.
The room
lighting
is
preferably subdued
to prevent after-image highlights,
shadows on eyelids,
etc.
It
is best
that the inbound experimenter not
push
the subject
to
say
a
lot,
but act as
if
they have all
the
time in
the world;
otherwise,
a subject may
tend
to embroider descriptions
just
to
be saying something
to please
the experimenter.
If
the subject
tends
towards being analytical
("I see Macy's
on El Camino Real"),
the experimenter must gently
lead
the subject into description,
not
analysis.
("You don't have
to
tell me where
it
is,
just describe
what you
see.,")
This
is
the most important and difficult
task of
the inbound experimenter.
It
is also useful
for
the inbound experimenter
to "surprise"
the subject
with new viewpoints.
("Go above
the scene and look down—what
do you
see?
If
you look
to
the
left, what do you see?)
For some reason,
the
subject's viewpoint appears
to. shift rapidly with
a. question like
this,
and
the data sneaks
through before
the subject's defenses activate
to
block
it out.
The shifting of viewpoint also obviates
the problem of
the subject spending
the entire
time giving meticulous detail on a
single blade
of
grass
or piece of concrete, which,
even
if
true, will
be
of no help
to
a judge.
Once a subject feels be
sees
something,
he
tends
to hand on
to
this perception rather
than commit himself
to
a
new viewpoint.
The subject must be encouraged
to sketch what he
sees,
even over his
objections
that he
is not an artist,
can’t sketch,
etc.
He may
do
so
throughout,
or wait until
the last
five minutes
if intermittent drawing
would distract
this concentration.
Since drawings
tend
to be more
accurate
than verbalization,
this
is an extremely important factor
for good results.
(e)
Post-Exp eriment Feedback:
When
the outbound experimenter returns,
the inbound and outbound
experimenters and subject should proceed
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directly
to
the
target
for
feedback.
This helps
to develop
the subject's
subjective sense
of what
in his mental
imaging
is correct versus
incorrect,
and
completes
that experiment for him so
that when he does
a following experiment,
his mind
is not still on wondering how he did
on
the previous
one.
Only
a very experienced subject
can function
well
time after
time without
feedback,
so
this must be done
to insure
success
.
(f)
Judging Procedure
:
In
a
sense,
all
the action
in the remote
viewing procedure
is
in
the judging.
Any single experiment in remote
viewing,
even
if perfect,
can in principle be dismissed as possibly
coincidence.
Further,
any result less than perfect
can be dismissed
as
a generalized "grass
is
green,
sky
is blue
transcript which fits
every "target.
Only blind differential discrimina tion across
a series
of
targets can put both of
these alternatives
to
rest.
The judging procedures
are as
follows.
First,
an experimenter not
involved
in judging must read
the transcripts and delete from them
any reference
to dates
or previous
targets,
so
that
a judge could not
order
the ranscripts
chronologically,
or determine that
a given
transcript can't be
the boathouse because
the subject mentions
in
the
transcript
that what he
is looking at reminds him of
the boathouse
which was
the previous day's
target.
With
these deletions,
the
transcripts with
their associated drawings
are labeled
in random order
and given
to
the judge
in one hand,
so
to
speak, while
a list of
the
target cards,
also in a
(different)
numbered random order
is given
to
the judge
in
the other hand.
His job,
then,
is
to
go
to
a
target
location
(physically),
read
through all
the
transcripts,
and order
them best
to worst match
(.1
through
6,
say,
if
there are six targets
and
six transcripts)
.
He
then proceeds
to
a second
target site and
reorders
the
same
set
of
transcripts again,
best through worst match,
and
so forth.
The jduge
is
to do
this
exercise
in
a replacement
.
sense;
that
is,
even though he may have assigned
a given transcript
as
best match
to a given target,
he may find at another
target
that
it
is
the best match
to
that one also.
Even though he knows logically
that
it couldn't go
to both, we find
that judges
in fact have no
hesitation in using a transcript
twice
in first place,
simply because
they aren't sure as
to which one
it does
in fact belong,
and
they
want
to
insure
the best possibility
of
not, missing a potential match.
Based on this we feel
it
is more appropriate
to use statistics based
on replacement.
Some argue with
this,
and
if one thinks
it
is more
correct then one can use statistics
or matching without replacement.
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