sn sceue winnaar Neel —_ 1. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R00Q200090021-0 10 Fac i ch A a FOUNDATIONS OF PARAPHYSICAL AND PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA. Even Harris Walker, BRL, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. SUMMARY: The oral talk consisted only of an outline summary of ideas and results. Study of a written version (69 pages) of this talk together with previous papers referenced therein is required to evaluate the thinking of Dr. Walker. The written version of this talk explains a theory of psi phenomena resting upon several foundations: 1, A theory of consciousness developed by Dr, Walker (referenced but not Re explained) in which triggering of nerve synapses is influenced by single quantum-level processes, and in which there are computed 3 basic rates of data processing in the brain, a.) Subconscious data rate 2.4,(10)"* bits/sec. b.) Conscious data rate 7.5(10% bits/sec. c.) Attention set or "will" deta rate 3(10)* bits/sec. The notion of "hidden variables" in quantum theory, These "hidden variables" are not present in standard quantum theory, and are called hidden" because they are inaccessible to direct measurement, There is no experimental verification of necessity for such variables, but they have been conjectured solely for philosophical sr logical motives. The roll of these variables is to fix the precise outcome of a quan- tum event (or measurement) , an outcome which in standard quantum theory is only determined in terms of its probability. The outcome of a quan- tum event mist be the same for all observers regardless of Location or time lapse, so “hidden variables" potentially provide a communica tion channel independent of space and time. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200090021-0
Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R009200090021-0 LL 3, The assertion that the attention set or "will" data rate in the brain ig the rate at which “hidden variable"-governed quantum processes are influencing the mind, or at which the mind can influence quantum proc esses, Such a mind-mind or mind-object link provides a "hidden var- jable" theory of psi phenomena, suitable for telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and PK, Since according to this theory the "will" or paranormal data rate, 3(10)* bits/sec, is a very small fraction of the conscious data rate, 7.5(108 bits/sec, the rarity of paranormal cognition is explained. Assuming 4 perceptive cue may occur at random from either data rate permits a calculation of the incidence of psi ability in an individual or a population. Fair agreement results, A detailed calculation is presented of the effect of quantum uncertainties in the initial position and velocity of a cubical die which bounces down an inclined plane. This experimental situation amplifies initial quantum uncer- tainties into macroscopic differences in the final position of the die. The results of PK placement experiments on rolling dice are consistent with these ealculations, lending credence to the belief that PK operates by resolving quantum uncertainty. CRITIQUE: 1. The somewhat dubious contention that the triggering of nerve synapses ig a quantum process requires more substantiation. The author's ar~ gments leading to this contention, though published or reported, are not readily accessible. A like statement applies to his calculation and interpretation of the three fundamental data rates in the brain. All the author's ideas form an interlocking system which has evolved over several years. To secure acceptance, or even objective consid- Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200090021-0
Re 36 4. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R00QZ00090021-0 Le eration, these thoughts should be combined into a single, concise, and self-contained presentation, which the present paper is not. Hidden variables are controversial and by no means form a part of ac~ cepted physical theory. No compelling physical evidence requires them, unless psi phenomena itself constitutes such evidence. Invocation of physical hidden variables for a theory of conseiousness is a radical assumption, justifiable only by successful results. The theory has not yet predicted anything. The calculations of the incidence of psi ability, and of the influence of quantum uncertain- ties upon dice rolling, show consistency with experiment but do not test the fundamental assumptions of the theory. The former calcula- tion depends only upon a single number (the ratio 1:10"), and the latter is a physical calculation. Regardless of its validity, Dr. Walker's theory is the most explicit, detailed, and quantitative theory of psi phenomena presented at this conference; though perhaps not the most fundamental. Unlike some of the other papers its contents are sufficiently explicit to permit de- tailed criticism and evaluation, and to at least offer some possibil- ities of experimental assessment. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200090021-0
260 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200090021-0 13 PRECOGNITION-A MEMORY OF THINGS FUTURE? Gerald Feinberg, Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York. SUMMARY 3 The suggestion is advanced that precognition may be knowledge of a future state of the percipient's mind rather than prior imowLedge of an objective state of the physical world. Thus, like memory where the past state of the mind is recalled, precognition is perception of a future state of the mind. Professor Feinberg notes that the theory of electromagnetic radiation, and _ other physical theories, in principle permits both time retarded and time ad= yaneed solutions. The time advanced golutions which propagate information from future to past are customarily excluded for the reason that they have not. been observed experimentally. The possibility exists of some small admixture of time advanced solution together with the dominant time retarded solution. In the case of electromagnetic theory experiments are presently testing this pos- sibility to the accuracy of one part in 109, If one assumes that the mechanism of memory, whatever it may be, “likewise permits a gmall admixture of time advanced solutions as well as the usual time retarded ones which we call memory, we have the phenomena of occasional pre- cognition based upon perception of a future state of the mind. Precognition of events is possible only if the percipient learns of the event at some time in the future. These speculations would receive experimental substantiation if precog- nition is influenced by the same factors as influence memory. CRITIQUE: Basically a trivial paper, containing one idea expressed in the title, Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200090021-0
Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200090021-0 together with some standard physics which is only related to psi phenomena by virtue of a strained analogy between electromagnetic radiation and memory processes. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200090021-0 14