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http://motherboard.tv/2011/1/7/a-vi...und-precognition-in-the-men-who-stare-at-porn
Dr. Daryl Bem...energetic emeritus Cornell parapsychologist has attempted to experimentally demonstrate that the human mind can feel future events. And in his latest article, he reports that people in the present are probably influenced by, and can predict, events that happen in the future.
Before you confuse Bems research with past parapsychology hoaxes such as Project Alpha, or the experiments in The Men Who Stare at Goats, keep in mind that the article (pdf) is set to appear this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, one of the fields premier clearinghouses. The article has passed review by four scientific experts, Bem says.
His experiments test for precognitionthe ability of people to perceive events in the future. In one of nine such experiments conducted on more than 1000 student subjects, a pornographic image would randomly appear on the left or right hand side of a computer screen. The results indicate that people could predict where the pornographic image would appeareven before the computer made its random decision.
Of course, this phenomenon was not observed to occur all of the time. Instead, Bem looks for the small deviations in expected outcomes. In this case, it is expected that people would, on average, guess the left or right side correctly 50% of the time. However, he reports that his participants could predict the position 53.1% of the time. And because this 3.1% difference is reported statistically significant, Bem asserts it is strong evidence for precognition. This, as well as the results of his other experiments, undoubtedly appears extraordinary.
Dr. Daryl Bem...energetic emeritus Cornell parapsychologist has attempted to experimentally demonstrate that the human mind can feel future events. And in his latest article, he reports that people in the present are probably influenced by, and can predict, events that happen in the future.
Before you confuse Bems research with past parapsychology hoaxes such as Project Alpha, or the experiments in The Men Who Stare at Goats, keep in mind that the article (pdf) is set to appear this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, one of the fields premier clearinghouses. The article has passed review by four scientific experts, Bem says.
His experiments test for precognitionthe ability of people to perceive events in the future. In one of nine such experiments conducted on more than 1000 student subjects, a pornographic image would randomly appear on the left or right hand side of a computer screen. The results indicate that people could predict where the pornographic image would appeareven before the computer made its random decision.
Of course, this phenomenon was not observed to occur all of the time. Instead, Bem looks for the small deviations in expected outcomes. In this case, it is expected that people would, on average, guess the left or right side correctly 50% of the time. However, he reports that his participants could predict the position 53.1% of the time. And because this 3.1% difference is reported statistically significant, Bem asserts it is strong evidence for precognition. This, as well as the results of his other experiments, undoubtedly appears extraordinary.