Experiments that could change the world..
This topic was created in the Metaphysical forum by thelibran on Thursday, March 27, 2008 and has 8 replies.
Experiments
The Text Telepathy Test
A new telepathy test using your mobile phone and text messages (UK only). You need 3 senders, and do 9 trials.
You can partake in the telepathy test by either registering via your mobile phone or by completing the online registration. Details and online registration
Seven Experiments
In the spirit of Darwin, who recorded many of his observations in the simplicity of his garden and never held an institutional post, Dr. Sheldrake encourages enthusiasts of the paranormal to explore seven of the world's most enigmatic common occurrences by using simple resources of their own.
The Online Staring Experiment This new experiment enables you to participate online in research on the Extended Mind. The results of your experiment are transmitted automatically to be recorded in the database. All you need is a co-researcher and you can start today!
To see the accumulated results of the experiment to date, Click here
Staring Experiment
The feeling of being looked at from behind is remarkably common. So is the experience of looking at someone from behind and finding that they turn round. Surveys show that about 90% of the population have personally experienced these phenomena.
Photo Experiment
In this experiment, instead of looking at the subject directly, the looker looks at his or her photograph instead, while the subject is seated in another room. The procedure is otherwise similar to that of the "sense of being stared at" experiment.
Telephone Experiment
Many people have found that they think about someone they haven't thought of for a while, and then that person calls. Also, many people say that sometimes when the telephone starts ringing they sometimes know who is calling them, even when they had no reason to expect this person to call.
The Online Telepathy Experiment
Have you ever had the experience of knowing who's on the phone before you pick it up? Or you think about someone - maybe for the first time in a while - and soon afterwards an email arrives? We want to find out if this is just a matter of coincidence, or whether telepathy is involved.
All you have to do is guess which one of four people is sending you a message. By the laws of chance, you'll be correct about 25% of the time, but our findings in similar experiments show that some people are correct much more often than that, which suggests that telepathy is involved. Are you one of these people?
http://www.sheldrake.org/experimen
The Text Telepathy Test
A new telepathy test using your mobile phone and text messages (UK only). You need 3 senders, and do 9 trials.
You can partake in the telepathy test by either registering via your mobile phone or by completing the online registration. Details and online registration
Seven Experiments
In the spirit of Darwin, who recorded many of his observations in the simplicity of his garden and never held an institutional post, Dr. Sheldrake encourages enthusiasts of the paranormal to explore seven of the world's most enigmatic common occurrences by using simple resources of their own.
The Online Staring Experiment This new experiment enables you to participate online in research on the Extended Mind. The results of your experiment are transmitted automatically to be recorded in the database. All you need is a co-researcher and you can start today!
To see the accumulated results of the experiment to date, Click here
Staring Experiment
The feeling of being looked at from behind is remarkably common. So is the experience of looking at someone from behind and finding that they turn round. Surveys show that about 90% of the population have personally experienced these phenomena.
Photo Experiment
In this experiment, instead of looking at the subject directly, the looker looks at his or her photograph instead, while the subject is seated in another room. The procedure is otherwise similar to that of the "sense of being stared at" experiment.
Telephone Experiment
Many people have found that they think about someone they haven't thought of for a while, and then that person calls. Also, many people say that sometimes when the telephone starts ringing they sometimes know who is calling them, even when they had no reason to expect this person to call.
The Online Telepathy Experiment
Have you ever had the experience of knowing who's on the phone before you pick it up? Or you think about someone - maybe for the first time in a while - and soon afterwards an email arrives? We want to find out if this is just a matter of coincidence, or whether telepathy is involved.
All you have to do is guess which one of four people is sending you a message. By the laws of chance, you'll be correct about 25% of the time, but our findings in similar experiments show that some people are correct much more often than that, which suggests that telepathy is involved. Are you one of these people?
http://www.sheldrake.org/experimen
Seven Experiments
The existence of unexplained natural phenomena has piqued human interest since the days we first grappled with fire. Mysteries such as the language used between animals or the vast potential of the human mind eternally attract our attention and elude our comprehension. Ironically, public interest in attempting to resolve these questions seems to be growing just at a time when science as an institution becomes increasingly reluctant to address these concerns. Persistent areas of paranormal intrigue that do not fit into conventional scientific models continue to remain largely unanswered.
Lay researchers and armchair scientists can now actively participate in the process of discovery with the help of Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake. This former Research Fellow of the Royal Society at Cambridge University proposes a grassroots revolution in scientific inquiry, where amateurs everywhere can undertake for themselves the activity that is at the heart of the scientific method: the experiment.
In the spirit of Darwin, who recorded many of his observations in the simplicity of his garden and never held an institutional post, Dr. Sheldrake encourages enthusiasts of the paranormal to explore seven of the world's most enigmatic common occurrences by using simple resources of their own. The areas of study focus on phenomenon including:
1. A pet's ability to anticipate its owner's return home
2. The direction-finding instincts of homing pigeons
3. The highly organized structure of termite communities
4. Our own tendency to know when we are being stared at from behind
5. Sensations felt in phantom limbs after amputation
6. The validity of the Universal Gravitational constant as a true constant
7. The effect scientists' biases may have on experimentation
Seven Experiments That Could Change the World proposes a new relationship between professional scientists and non-scientists, the former possessing the prestige of professional credentials and the latter having the freedom to explore new areas of research. Such widespread, collective participation opens up the possibility of our being able to address these questions that still remain unanswered. It also enables us, in the process, to revolutionize our approach to the exploration of nature's unseen forces.
The existence of unexplained natural phenomena has piqued human interest since the days we first grappled with fire. Mysteries such as the language used between animals or the vast potential of the human mind eternally attract our attention and elude our comprehension. Ironically, public interest in attempting to resolve these questions seems to be growing just at a time when science as an institution becomes increasingly reluctant to address these concerns. Persistent areas of paranormal intrigue that do not fit into conventional scientific models continue to remain largely unanswered.
Lay researchers and armchair scientists can now actively participate in the process of discovery with the help of Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake. This former Research Fellow of the Royal Society at Cambridge University proposes a grassroots revolution in scientific inquiry, where amateurs everywhere can undertake for themselves the activity that is at the heart of the scientific method: the experiment.
In the spirit of Darwin, who recorded many of his observations in the simplicity of his garden and never held an institutional post, Dr. Sheldrake encourages enthusiasts of the paranormal to explore seven of the world's most enigmatic common occurrences by using simple resources of their own. The areas of study focus on phenomenon including:
1. A pet's ability to anticipate its owner's return home
2. The direction-finding instincts of homing pigeons
3. The highly organized structure of termite communities
4. Our own tendency to know when we are being stared at from behind
5. Sensations felt in phantom limbs after amputation
6. The validity of the Universal Gravitational constant as a true constant
7. The effect scientists' biases may have on experimentation
Seven Experiments That Could Change the World proposes a new relationship between professional scientists and non-scientists, the former possessing the prestige of professional credentials and the latter having the freedom to explore new areas of research. Such widespread, collective participation opens up the possibility of our being able to address these questions that still remain unanswered. It also enables us, in the process, to revolutionize our approach to the exploration of nature's unseen forces.
Very interesting .... thanks for sharing, thelibran
"Staring Experiment
The feeling of being looked at from behind is remarkably common .. Surveys show that about 90% of the population have personally experienced these phenomena."
This is really creepy, and remarkable, indeed, that 90% of us experience this at some point. That kind of statistic almost has to make one believe in the supernatural.
Pulling off of what the temp said about telepathy while sleeping, this is something I experience quite often .. to include my Piscean lucid-dream-state that I shift into while wide-awake. For example, just 3 days ago I was sitting here in deep fantasy about Sean Bean, and a call comes in .. it's a wrong number, however, the person was asking for Sean. Now that may not seem weird, but, it is in the aspect the phone rarely even rings during the day .... I can't even remember the last time a person called here by mistake.
This happens alot .... rarely do I tell people that my nick-name was Angel when I was a child, later (teens) changed it to Angie. That same day the call came in for Sean, I was thinking about changing my nick-name back to Angel and seriously considering it .... 3 hours later, at our poker tournament, the bar-maid whom I've known for a couple years, called me Angel .. and I've never mentioned this to her. She has no clue .. she only knows me by "Angie". I asked her why she called me that and she didn't know .. she just said it.
In sleeeping dreams, the alarm clock phenomena happens often .. but, so does many other things. Real life coincides with dreams. The dog will bark at the same moment a cannon is being shot in a dream, or my husband will be in the bathroom unknown to me since asleep and the toilet will flush at the same time I splash into a lake in a dream. Every night "something" will happen where my mind either caused, or knew (transmitted/recieved) some sort of telepathic message.
Dr. Sheldrake ... I'll have to google him and read up on his research study .. this is very intriguing. Thanks again
"Staring Experiment
The feeling of being looked at from behind is remarkably common .. Surveys show that about 90% of the population have personally experienced these phenomena."
This is really creepy, and remarkable, indeed, that 90% of us experience this at some point. That kind of statistic almost has to make one believe in the supernatural.
Pulling off of what the temp said about telepathy while sleeping, this is something I experience quite often .. to include my Piscean lucid-dream-state that I shift into while wide-awake. For example, just 3 days ago I was sitting here in deep fantasy about Sean Bean, and a call comes in .. it's a wrong number, however, the person was asking for Sean. Now that may not seem weird, but, it is in the aspect the phone rarely even rings during the day .... I can't even remember the last time a person called here by mistake.
This happens alot .... rarely do I tell people that my nick-name was Angel when I was a child, later (teens) changed it to Angie. That same day the call came in for Sean, I was thinking about changing my nick-name back to Angel and seriously considering it .... 3 hours later, at our poker tournament, the bar-maid whom I've known for a couple years, called me Angel .. and I've never mentioned this to her. She has no clue .. she only knows me by "Angie". I asked her why she called me that and she didn't know .. she just said it.
In sleeeping dreams, the alarm clock phenomena happens often .. but, so does many other things. Real life coincides with dreams. The dog will bark at the same moment a cannon is being shot in a dream, or my husband will be in the bathroom unknown to me since asleep and the toilet will flush at the same time I splash into a lake in a dream. Every night "something" will happen where my mind either caused, or knew (transmitted/recieved) some sort of telepathic message.
Dr. Sheldrake ... I'll have to google him and read up on his research study .. this is very intriguing. Thanks again
"1. A pet's ability to anticipate its owner's return home"
There can be such a bond between human and pet, and as i understand animals are naturally much more psychic than people. I've also heard stories where beloved pets were separated and lost from their owners by extremely far distances, only to somehow find their way back home, without ever knowing the way ..
"5. Sensations felt in phantom limbs after amputation"
very creepy, also the limb can even get itchy! ..wow
btw, speaking of dreams - i still wonder if "sleep paralysis" is more connected to the spiritual - your soul had temporarily left your body, and it's actually your higher-self (you) trying to merge back into the physical realm. Or the scientific theory, where you are still partially awake the same time the chemical that induces paralization while in REM, causing all these horrifying sensations, etc, usually brought on by stress or erratic sleep patterns. (or maybe some type of mix between both worlds & both theories.)
Another thing i've always found interesting was the phenonmenon of "electrical people" .. I can say some odd electrical activity has happened to me on more than one occasion..lol ..kinda of creepy, when you think you've deduced the logical. You can never be completely sure of course, but keeps you thinking anyway.
Very interesting read, thanks for posting, TL..
There can be such a bond between human and pet, and as i understand animals are naturally much more psychic than people. I've also heard stories where beloved pets were separated and lost from their owners by extremely far distances, only to somehow find their way back home, without ever knowing the way ..
"5. Sensations felt in phantom limbs after amputation"
very creepy, also the limb can even get itchy! ..wow
btw, speaking of dreams - i still wonder if "sleep paralysis" is more connected to the spiritual - your soul had temporarily left your body, and it's actually your higher-self (you) trying to merge back into the physical realm. Or the scientific theory, where you are still partially awake the same time the chemical that induces paralization while in REM, causing all these horrifying sensations, etc, usually brought on by stress or erratic sleep patterns. (or maybe some type of mix between both worlds & both theories.)
Another thing i've always found interesting was the phenonmenon of "electrical people" .. I can say some odd electrical activity has happened to me on more than one occasion..lol ..kinda of creepy, when you think you've deduced the logical. You can never be completely sure of course, but keeps you thinking anyway.
Very interesting read, thanks for posting, TL..
oooh this is interesting...
I wanna know more! tell me more!
I wanna know more! tell me more!
((That kind of statistic almost has to make one believe in the supernatural.))
I think calling it as supernatural is quite naive. Its natural. All these are part of our nature. Bcoz no 'scientist' have proved it doesn't make it supernatural or pseudoscience. There is a whole bunch of unproven natural laws out here and may be its certain misconception humans have been carrying for ages what stops us from discovering it.
I think calling it as supernatural is quite naive. Its natural. All these are part of our nature. Bcoz no 'scientist' have proved it doesn't make it supernatural or pseudoscience. There is a whole bunch of unproven natural laws out here and may be its certain misconception humans have been carrying for ages what stops us from discovering it.
I grew up with more animals than humans. I played with calf's and chickens and rabbits than with my classmates or kids from neighborhood. Animals have an exceptional way of understanding what we are thinking and even before we actually make a gesture, they get it and I always found it amusing. So it was always confusing to me about many traits seen in animal kingdom. I was goggling about animals capacity to sense danger to see if any detailed study has been conducted.
My simplest deduction is that every energy source continuously transmits and receives information from nature. Could be like a global wireless network accessible by brain(or may be certain cells) at all times which carries these transmitted information at all times across the planet. And animals easily receive it and understand it better than humans bcoz of their incapability to 'intellectualize' those signals. We humans also receive information from this same network but most times we reject those signals since the feelings we get is not supported with convincing changes in our body and we try to follow the processed output from our brain which is basically information gathered from past patterns.
My simplest deduction is that every energy source continuously transmits and receives information from nature. Could be like a global wireless network accessible by brain(or may be certain cells) at all times which carries these transmitted information at all times across the planet. And animals easily receive it and understand it better than humans bcoz of their incapability to 'intellectualize' those signals. We humans also receive information from this same network but most times we reject those signals since the feelings we get is not supported with convincing changes in our body and we try to follow the processed output from our brain which is basically information gathered from past patterns.
hahahhaa... I am not particularly fond of animals.
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