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(A Quantum Measurement Experiment With A Single Photon Interferometer)
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NAME:
Brian Skyrms
Comments:
1*
^is experiment aims to test the role of consciousness in the collapse of the wave
packet. A
resolution
of
this
question would be
of considerable
philosophical
importance and would bear on what sort of physical theories are relevant to other
phenomenas investigated by this project.
However,
I believe that the interpretation of the experiment
is controversial and
suggest that the results and discussion be submitted to appropriate physics journal
for peer review.
2.
Subcontractor’s report (page 23)
says the results contradict quantum theory.
The discussion under III: summary at results and discussion is better “one of the
possible outcomes allowed by q.m.”
Recommendation:
Yes
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NAME:
Michael Wartell
Comments:
1.
Elegant
experiment!
Design and
analysis
acceptable.
Interesting
result and
discussion.
(Fix report typos.)
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“ Approved For Release 20 108 : CIA- 96-00789R002200170001-9 Ld - III RESULTS (U) - A. (U) The Computer-Assisted Search Experiment 4 ___ Table 1 shows the average proportion of squares that would — have to be searched to find the target, and the corresponding p-values for each participant in each condition. One individual achieved a significant _ p-value in the space condition, and none did in the time condition. The subject who achieved significant results (Subject 837) had done so in the space condition in the FY 1986 experiment also (with p = 0.04), but did ™ not participate in the FY 1984 experiment. Subject 164, who showed a p-value of 0.066" in the space condition in this experiment, had a - significant result (p = 0.031) in the space condition in FY 1984, and significantly missed the target (p = 0.98) in the FY 1986 space condition. - Neither of these subjects scored anything other than chance in the time condition in any of the experiments. The third-ranked subject (Subject ~ 150, p = 0.109) was a novice. Table 1 ~ (U) RESULTS FOR COMPUTER -~ASSISTED SEARCH EXPERIMENT [————]|_sPACE CONDITION _|[|____TIME CONDITION __ Average proportion Average proportion | . -_: subject 1.0. | of squares searched | p-vatue _| of squares searched p-value 837 ~ 164 * 150+ 463? _ 235 * 300 7 _: _ * Previously significant in space. T previously significant in time. * Novice Li Based on the minimum p-value of 0.002, the overall level of - significa: :e for the experiment with the space condition is 0.016. For -: Approved For Release main ‘CIA-RD -00789R002200170001-9
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1987
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ABSTRACT (U)
(U) One reported psychoenergetic skill, known to the general public as
dowsing,
is the
ability to locate lost or hidden items of interest.
In an effort to bring this putative ability that we
call “search" into the laboratory,
a computer-assisted search (CAS) experiment was conducted
in FY
1984 and
again
in FY
1986.
Participants scanned
a computer graphics
display and
attempted to locate a hidden computer-generated target.
In each experiment, two conditions
were randomly interchanged
in a balanced protocol:
(1)
the target was
fixed
in space
(space
condition), and
(2) the location of the target was randomly shifted several times each second
(time condition). Both the subjects and the experimenter were blind to the condition on each
trial.
In FY 1984,
five of seven participants demonstrated an above
chance ability
to
find targets
in one of
the
two conditions:
three m
the
time condition and
two
in the space condition.
Of
the
36 participants
in
the FY 1986 experiment,
two showed above chance results
in the
space
condition and six
in the
time condition.
No participant
in either
experiment was able
to produce results
in both conditions
independently.
. ~
A follow-up experiment was done
in FY 1986
to
see
if subjects
would produce better results
if
they were only presented with the single
condition
for which they had done well
in the original experiment.
None
of
the eight subjects who completed
this
"single condition"
experiment
scored significantly.
;
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p*Y 1987,
an experiment was conducted which successfully
replicated
the original FY 1986
finding.
Of eight participants
(six
experienced and
two novices)
,
the
two who scored best
in
the space
condition had previously been successful
in
that condition,
and
the one
who scored best
in
the
time condition had previously been successful
in
that condition. Ais
suggests
that participants are
likely
to consistently
do well
in one condition or
the other,
but not
both.
Only one of
the
eight participants
scored significantly
in
the
space condition,
and none
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COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS-
PSVCHOENERGETICS
BRSIC RND RPPLIED RESERRCH-
GENERRL PLRN
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DRTB BRSE-
PSVCHOENERGETICS
OPERATIONAL PROJECT PROTOCOLS
BASIC RND RPPLIED RESEARCH-
FIRST YERR OBJECTIUES
HUTOMRTIC DATA PROCESSING
(RDP) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
PROTOCOL FOR BERCON PERSON
TRRGETING
EURLURTION METHODS
POTENTIRL TASKING MECHANISM
PRELIMINARY RSSESSMENT OF
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ACTIO ITY DEMONSTRATION
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in the
time condition,
but the
level of significance for
the one
subject
rendered
the entire experiment
significant.
< This
is
the
third laboratory replication of
this experiment.
In each experiment,
there were significant results which could have been
useful*
n
I
.
The best
subject
in the FY 1987
experiment
showed
a reduction
in
the area that would need
to be searched
in 72% of
the
trials
in
the space condition,
with an average reduction
in
area
of
33%.
Previous experiments showed even greater reductions.
In
real-world applications,
this could represent
a substantial
savings
in
resources.
However,
the
skill has not been shown
to be completely robust,
and more experimentation should be done before attempting these
applications
(U) A second “search” experiment was conducted in FY 1987 to see
if self-proclaimed
dowsers could “find” a lost ship by searching a grid which had previously been keyed to a map.
The object of the search was
a sunken Spanish galleon called the Atocha, which was actually
found
in
1985.
The experiment was carried out with two
sets
of 25
trials
for each of
five
participants, but
failed to produce a single
significant
result.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
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LIST OF TABLES
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LIST OF FIGURES
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I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Overview
B.
Background
C.
Experiments for FY 1987
II
METHOD OF APPROACH
A.
The Computer-Assisted Search Experiment
B.
The Atocha Experiment
.
C.
Analysis
III
RESULTS
A.
The Computer-Assisted Search Experiment
B.
The Atocha Experiment
IV
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
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1.
Results for Computer-Assisted Search Experiment
H
2.
Results for the Atocha Experiment
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FIGURE
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I INTRODUCTION (U)
A.
(U)
Overview
h.
It. has been claimed by the parapsychological community
that
*
certain people can search for and locate water,
oil,
minerals,
objects,
individuals,
sites of archaeological
significance,
and
so forth.
This
purported ability
is most often referred
to
as
"dowsing"
in
the Western
literature,*
~
—
*•
—
"in
this report,! we shall refer
to such techniques
simply as
"search."
If
"search"
can be demonstrated
to
be
a genuine ability,
and
if
it can be applied
.,
then we may have
a
potential contribution
(U)
This
ability can be contrasted to the related remote viewing ability
in the following
manner.
In remote viewing, the viewer
is given location information
(e.g., coordinates, a beacon
agent, or a picture), then asked to provide data on target content.
In “search," the viewer
is
given information on
target content, then asked to provide
location data
(e.g.,
position on
a
map).
The two functions thus complement each other.
(U)
For a comprehensive survey of the claims for dowsing, see Christopher Bird, The
Divining Hand,
E.
P. Dutton, New York, New York (1979).
t(U)
This report constitutes the deliverable for Objective D, Task
1 and Objective G, Task
1.
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RESULTS (U)
A.
(U) The Computer-Assisted Search Experiment
^
Table
shows
the average proportion of squares
that would
have to^bT searched
to find the
target,
and the corresponding p-values
for
each participant
in each condition.
One
individual achieved a significant
p-value
in the space condition,
and none did
in the
time condition.
The
subject who achieved significant results
(Subject
837)
had done
so
in the
space condition
in the FY 1986 experiment also
(with p
= 0.04),
but did
not participate
in the FY 1984 experiment.
Subject
164,
who showed a
p-value of
0.066' in the space condition
in this experiment,
had
a
significant result
(p
= 0.031)
in
the space condition
in FY 1984,
and
significantly missed
the target
(p
= 0.98)
in the FY 1986 space condition.
Neither of
these
subjects
scored anything other than chance
in
the
time
condition
in any of
the experiments.
The third-ranked subject
(Subject
150,
p
= 0.109)
was
a novice.
Table
(U)
RESULTS FOR COMPUTER -ASSISTED SEARCH EXPERIMENT
SPACE CONDITION
TIME CONI)ITION
Subject I.D.
Average proportion
of squares searched
p-value
Average proportion
of squares searched
p-value
837
’
0.3353
0.002
0.5008
0.497
164
*
0.4143
0.066
0.4396
0.143
150 *
0.4302
Ml.::
0.4715
463 f
0.4771
WSSM
0.5837
0.923
235 *
0.4801
WSSM
0.5224
0.643
300 f
0.5023
0.507
0.4337
0.121
428 1
0.5454
0.778
0.5740
0.896
432
*
0.5649
0.865
0.5089
0.552
*
Previously significant in space.
*
Previously significant in time.
* Novice
j
Based on the minimum p-value
of 0.002,
the overall
level of
significai
:e
for
the experiment with
the space condition
is 0.016.
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time condition,
it
is 0.644
(minimum p
= 0.121).
For the entire
experiment,
the minimum p-value
is still 0.002,
but
it
is based on
replications,
so
the overall significance
level
is
0.032.
A more
interesting result with regard
to potential
applications
is
an estimate of
the reduction
in the area that would have
to
be
searched
if
the responses given by these subjects were used
instead
of randomly choosing
a starting point.
This can be computed by comparing
the average proportions given
in Table
1 with the chance average of
0.50125
.
i
For Subject
837,
under
the
space condition,
the average
reduction would be
33%.
For example,
if a search was undertaken for a
kidnap victim,
and
this
subject achieved
the personal average
level
of
functioning demonstrated
in
this experiment,
33% less area would have
to
be searched before
the victim was
found
than
if
a random starting point
was used.
Even though only one
subject had
a significant
result,
combining all
subjects'
guesses
in the space condition would still give an
average reduction of 6.5%
in
the area searched.
Depending upon
the
application,
this reduction could still represent
a substantial
savings
in
expenditure of resources.
In the
time condition however,
the results
indicate
that
there would be no change
in search
time over chance.
_
In addition
to looking at
the average reduction
in search
area,
it
is of
interest
for applications
to know what percent
of the
trials would have resulted
in
a smaller search area than expected by
chance.
For Subject
837
in
the
space condition,
18 out of
25,
or 72% of
all
trials resulted
in
a
savings.
This means
that
if
this
subject were
used repeatedly
to suggest
a starting point
for searches,
approximately
72% of all
targets would be found
in
less
time than average,
and 28% would
require more than
the average.
In contrast,
a random starting place
should result
in about 50% above and 50% below average search times.
For
all subjects combined
in
the
space condition,
104 out of
200,
or 52% of
all
trials resulted
in
a savings
in search area.
For
the
time condition
only,
102,
or 51% resulted
in
a smaller search area
than would be expected
by chance.
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B.
(U) The Atocha Experiment
(U)
Results for the search for the Atocha are given in Table
2.
None of the subjects
attained
a
significant
result
in
either
experiment.
The
overall
significance
level
for
the
experiment, based on the minimum p-value (0.368), is 0.99.
This indicates that the results were
extremely close to chance. In
fact,
results this close to chance or closer, using the minimum
p-value as a measure, would be expected to occur only 1% of the time.
For the two experiments
taken individually, the minimum p-values were 0.371 and 0.368, each of which gives an overall
experiment significance level of 0.90.
(U) On the average, there would have been an increase of 4% in search time using the
information provided by this group of subjects.
Table 2
(U)
RESULTS FOR THE ATOCHA EXPERIMENT
EXPERIMENT
EXPERIMENT 2
Subject I.D.
Average proportion
of squares searched
p-value
Average proportion
of squares searched
p-value
D1
0.4810
0.371
0.4806
0.368
D2
0.4900
0.431
0.4836
0.388
D3
0.6033
0.963
0.5442
0.778
D4
0.5632
0.863
0.5411
0.762
D5
*
0.5033
0.523
0.5188
0.628
UNCLASSIFIED
Approved For Release 2
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