The GCP Event Experiment: Design, Analytical Methods, Results
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What if big world events leave a trace on random number generators scattered across the globe? That's the wild premise of the Global Consciousness Project. For a full decade, researchers tracked 236 major events -- think 9/11, elections, natural disasters -- and checked whether a worldwide network of electronic coin-flippers behaved strangely when millions of people were emotionally gripped at the same time. The remarkable finding: they did. The combined statistical result was astronomically unlikely by chance alone (p = 3 in a million). But here's the twist that surprised even psi researchers -- individual devices didn't go haywire. Instead, the devices started subtly correlating with each other across thousands of miles, as if the network itself was resonating. About two-thirds of events showed the effect. This correlation-based pattern doesn't fit the old idea of minds nudging machines. It hints at something stranger and harder to explain.
Abstract
Studies of anomalous correlations between mind and matter usually focus on participating subjects and isolated target systems. We report on a decade-long experiment which finds that anomalous mind-matter correlations may be a pervasive aspect of reality. The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) measures the output deviation of a global network of physical random number generators (RNGs) at the time of major world events. The project hypothesizes that the coherent attention or emotional response of large populations induced by the events will correspond to characteristic deviations of the network output. We describe the motivation and scope of the experiment
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Bancel, Peter A., Nelson, Roger D. (2008). The GCP Event Experiment: Design, Analytical Methods, Results. Journal of Scientific Exploration.
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title = {The GCP Event Experiment: Design, Analytical Methods, Results},
author = {Bancel, Peter A. and Nelson, Roger D.},
year = {2008},
journal = {Journal of Scientific Exploration},
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