Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500140001-3 V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS In this report, we have developed a detailed model (IDS) for psychoenergetic functioning. In particular, we have provided a mathematical formalism by which random number generator experiments may be used to test the concept. Preliminary results using pseudorandom number generators (PRNG), indicate that an IDS ability appears possible. Many more data are required using PRNGs to confirm these preliminary results. It is anticipated that by 3rd quarter, FY 1987, we will be able to complete the PRNG experiment. The PEAR data represent the largest amount of RNG data currently available. The PEAR group have reported strong statistical evidence of psychoenergetic functioning within this massive data base (i.e., 1.12 x 108 binary bits). It is unfortunate that the data were collected in such a way that an IDS analysis is inconclusive. We strongly recommend that RNG data be collected with an equal number of trials as a function of sequence length. The protocol should be similar to the one in use in our PRNG experiment, in which a double-blind condition is maintained with respect to sequence length. We conclude with some speculation. Suppose, after many experiments of different varieties, we could demonstrate that the philosophical concepts behind IDS were true. We would call into question any experimental results from any discipline that claim cause~and-effect relations based upon statistical inference. 29 Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500140001-3
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