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Six subjects have been chosen for the study
to date,
subjects 1-3
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considered gifted,
subjects 4-6 acting
as learners or controls.
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subject
2 qualifies as gifted on the basis of the random generator test;
subject
3 is tentatively classed as gifted in remote viewing,
although
not yet completing the
screening series,
based on client evaluation of
highly successful remote -viewing experiments carried out
for the client
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in the previous program,
and also on the basis- of meeting
the p< 10
criterion
in experimentation at another laboratory.
Subject
(learner/control)
,
a male,
age
54,
is paired with gifted
subject
1,
a male,
age
55.
Learner/control subject
6,
a female,
age
34,
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by
age,
background,
and temperament paired with gifted subject
2,
a male,
age
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Learner subject
(female,
age
53)
and gifted subject
( male,
age
41)
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are
paired on the, basis of artistic occupations
(professional photographer
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and painter,
respectively)
and similar emotional and psychological makeup.
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Earlier in the program nine
subjects were- to
be placed in three categories,
three subjects eachj
gifted
subjects,
learners,
and controls.
However,
experience
in the early part of the program indicated that
(a)
a best effort
would require
spending more
time with fewer people,
and
(b)
the distinction
between learners and controls was arbitrary
in comparison with the distinction
between these
categories
and that of gifted subjects
as defined above.
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(a)
Remote Viewing of Natural Targets
The first screening test
is based on previous SRI research
results which indicate that
it
is
possible for a subject
to describe
randomly -chosen geographical sites
located several miles from the subject'
position and demarcated by some appropriate means.
This experiment consists of a series of doublet-blind tests
involving local targets
in the San Francisco Bay area which can be docu-
mented by independent judging.
Target locations within thirty minutes
driving time from SRI are randomly chosen from a list of targets kept
blind to subject and experimenters and used without replacement.
To begin an experiment,
an experimenter
is closeted with a
subject at SRI
to wait 30 minutes to begin a narrative description of
the
remote
location.
A: second experimenter obtains
a target location
from the
target pool and proceeds directly
to the target without communi-
cating with the subject or experimenter remaining behind.
The second
experimenter remains
at
the
target site for an agreed-upon thirty -minute
period following the
thirty minutes allotted for travel.
During
the
observation period,
the remote viewing subject
is asked
to describe his
impressions of
the
target site
into
a tape recorder.
A comparison is
made when the experimenter returns.
Following
a series of nine experiments,
the results are sub-
jected
to independent judging on
a blind basis by five SRI scientists
not otherwise associated with the research.
The
judges
are
asked to blind
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Identification of Measurable Characteristics Possessed by
Gifted Subjects
(20%)
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a)
Medical Evaluation
The medical evaluation of program participants has been
assigned to the Palo Alto Medical Clinic.
Coordination of the program
is being handled by Dr. Robert Armbruster, Director of the Clinic’s
Department of Environmental Medicine.
The Clinic,
in turn,
has subcontracted
certain special tests
to
the Stanford Medical Center,
Stanford University.
One visual sensitivity test
is being administered by the Bioengineering
Group of the Electronics and Bioengineering Laboratory of SRI.
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The
testing procedures,
outlined in Table 3^11 into seven categories:
1)
General physical examination,
including complete medical
and family history;
2)
Laboratory examinations,
including SMA-12 panel blood
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chemistries,
protein electrophoresis,
blood lipid profile,
urinalyses,
serology,
blood type and factor,
pulmonary
function screening,
and 12-lead electrocardiogram;
3)
Neurological examination,
including comprehensive and
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electroencephalogram (sleeping and routine);
4)
Audiometric examination,
including comprehensive, Bekesy
bone
conduction,
speech discrimination,
and impedance
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bridge
test;
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Please do not turn over the pages until
I
ask you to do so.
On each
page of this booklet there are sets of three items
arranged
in rows.
Two
of them are alike
or fit together in some way.
Your task
is
to select
which one
is different
and doesn't belong with the other two.
The two
columns
on the first page
are samples.
There are three designs or shapes
in each row.
Each design has
a word printed on
it.
In the first row of
the first column all the words
are the
same.
Most people would say that
the first
and second shapes go together and the third one doesn't belong.
Would you agree?
(If not,
explain.)
Mark the third one with an X then.
In the second row most people would say that the first one
is different
and the
last two go together.
Do you agree?
Then mark the
first. one
with an X.
In the third row the shapes
are all the
same,
but
the words HORSE
and SADDLJS go together and the world FAULT doesn't belong.
Do you agree?
(If not,
explain.)
Mark
the third one with an X.
Which would you pick
as
the odd one
in the 4th row?
[Color
(2nd
one)]
In the 5th row you could choose either
a word that doesn't belong
or
a shape that doesn't belong.
Which is the odd word?
(TROUT.)
Which
is the odd shape? [the CIRCLE
(DIME)]
Either one of these answers
is
right.
Mark either one of them.
The
last
row also has
two possible right
answers.
Which
is
the odd
word?
(SHIRT.)
Which
is
the odd shape? [The second one
(DOG)]
Mark
either one of them with an X.
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On some
of these sets people find
it easier or more natural to pick
out the odd word,
and one some they find
it easier to pick out
the odd
shape.
Either way
is correct.
We want
you to make. your selections
whichever way seems most comfortable and natural to you.
Mark only once
in each row,
and go
as fast
as you can.
Any questions
so far?
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The second column has more samples.
When
I
say begin,
please mark
an odd member
in each row,
and say "STOP"
as
soon
as you finish
this
sample column.
BEGIN.
(Check
forced choices—
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Any questions?
Then when
I say "BEGIN" turn over
the next page.
Work as fast
as
you
can,
and continue until you -have finished the booklet
then say "STOP".
Ready?
BEGIN.
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satisfying
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disappointing
10.
unprepared
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prepared
My involvement in experiment
1.
good
2.
useless
3.
stimulating
4.
positive
5.
- passive
6.
capable
7.
important
8.
unsuccessful
9.
prepared
10.
impractical
bad
valuable
dull
negative
active
incapable
unimportant
successful
unprepared
practical
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low probability,
although
an electronics
interference effect ahead of
all
display cannot be ruled out.
We therefore treat the magnetic cause
as
tentative,
although most probable,
and concentrate our attention on
whether
a correlation exists between system disturbances
and subject
efforts.
Subject
1 logged the most time
in controlled runs,
thirteen ten-trial
runs.
Each of
the ten trials
in the run lasted fifty seconds each,*
the activity/no activity command for each trial being generated by the
universal randomization protocol technique.
In the
13 x
10 = 130 trials,
consisting of
a random distribution of
64 activity and 66 ho-activity
periods,
fevents
of signal-to-noise ratio >
1 were observed.
Of these
63 events,
42 were distributed among the activity periods,
21 among the
no-activity periods,
a correlation significant at the p = 0.004
level.
Subjects
2 and
6 also interacted with the device.
Although subject
efforts and observed perturbations sometimes coincided,
activity was
generally
low and did not appear to be
a signature of correlated activity
under control.
:A controlled ten-trial run with Subject
2 and two such
runs with Subject
6 yielded non-significant results.
Given the limited availability of
the instrument
and somewhat
noisy environment,
from our best effort we nonetheless conclude that
for Subject
1 the observed number of precisely timed events
in pilot
work coupled with the statistically significant
(p
0.004)
correlation
S.
between subject effort and signal output
in controlled runs
indicate
a
* With the exception
of the first run where 25-second trials were used.
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(d)
Experiments with Geiger Counter
As
part of a continuing search for mechanisms involved
in para-
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normal phenomena,
a series of experiments were conducted with Subject
to determine whether a geiger counter
in the
y
- ray
mode
(i.e,,
beta shield
in place) would register subject -directed efforts.
The output of a geiger counter,
fed into a Monsanto Model
1020 counter/timer,
indicates
a background count due
to cosmic rays
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~ 35 counts/minute.
Experimental protocol requires the subject
to try
to change
the registered count by concentration on the geiger counter
probe from a distance '"'0.5 meters.
Each run consists of
15 60-second
trials, with 10-second separations between the
trials.
Preceding each
subject run is a control run of equal duration.
In four runs
to date the results,
shown in Table
6,
indicate
no effect of statistical significance, neither in the mean nor standard
deviation of counts.
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TABLE
Geiger Counter Experiment
Contro L
Runs
Experimental
Runs
Run
Mean
Standard DeviatioiHHKH1nHMHHH
36.07
5.73
3o. 33
6.00
34.87
6.23
33.87
7.27
33.87
5.88
34.00
5.25
35.20
5.09
35.67
5.77
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