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OBJECTIVE (U)
(U) The objective of Task 6.0.1 of the FY 1989 Statement of Work (SOW)
is to assess
where possible, the experimental results of the research at SRI International since 1973.*
(U)
This report constitutes the deliverable for Statement of Work, Task 6.0.1.
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II EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (U)
We
have
conducted
a
review and
analysis
of
the
psychoenergetic
research
conducted
at SRI
International from
1 October
1973
to 30 September
1988.
The database
comprises 117 documents with a total of 5,025 pages.
A total of 25,449
trials were conducted under a variety of protocols.
Analysis
indicates that the odds that our results are not due to simple
statistical
fluctuations alone are
better than 2 x
1020 to
(i.e., 2 followed by 20 zeros).
Using accepted criteria set forth
in the
standard behavioral sciences, we conclude
that
this
constitutes convincing,
if not conclusive,
evidence
for the existence of psychoenergetic functioning.
The main results are summarized below:
•
Remote viewing (RV) can provide useful ^misinformation.
•
Laboratory and
operational remote
viewing show the
greatest
potential
for
practical applications.
•
Experienced viewers are significantly better than the general population.
•
Approximately 1% of the general population possess a natural remote viewing
ability.
•
Remote viewing ability does not degrade over time.
®
At this time, there
is no quantitative evidence to support a training hypothesis.
®
Natural
scenes
are
significantly
better
than
symbols
as
targets
for
remote
viewing.
•
Remote viewing quality
is independent of target distance and/or
size.
•
There
is no evidence to support that a psychoenergetic interaction
with
the
physical world
exists.
•
Electromagnetic shielding is not effective against psychoenergetic acquisition of
information.
•
A potential central nervous system correlate
to remote viewing has
recently
been identified.
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III INTRODUCTION (U)
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Until recently, the task of assessing any general body of published knowledge was
formidable.
Most of the attempts included review articles that were based primarily upon the
informed opinions of the reviewers.
It was recognized, however, that in the behavioral sciences
specific problems
arose
that were unique
to those
disciplines.
For example, many
of the
behavioral results are based on a
statistical rejection of a null hypothesis, and, using accepted
practices, 1 ’ a successful outcome
is declared
if the odds that the result
is not due to a chance
statistical fluctuation are better than 20 to
1. A major problem for reviewers is created when the
behavioral sciences’ technical journals refuse to publish results that
fail to meet this
statistical
criterion.
For example,
if only one—in—20 studies is published, then the literature may appear to
provide
evidence
for
a phenomenon,
but taken
with
the
unpublished
studies
for
every
published one, there
is no evidence for a phenomenon.
This particular difficulty
is called “the
file drawer problem.”
(U) This and other problems resulting from the diversity and difficulty of the behavioral
sciences
have
been
addressed
in
a
new
review
technique
known
as
meta-analysis. 2-4
Meta-analytical procedures are most useful when a large number of diverse
studies
is under
consideration.
Meta-analysis
provides techniques
to
clarify
the
impact
of
the
file
drawer
problem and to enable us to combine diverse experiments in a meaningful manner.
(U) The
results
of
SRI’s
psychoenergetic
research
encompass
a
wide
variety
of
experiments and thus can be addressed with these techniques.
The analysis of the SRI data,
however,
is
simplified because there
is no
file drawer problem.
All experiments
that were
conducted have been reported, and thus are included in the analysis.
(U)
This report describes the database, the analysis techniques, and the results of 16 years
of psychoenergetic research conducted at SRI International.
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(U)
References may be found at the end of this report.
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