I think you should also do a version where "passive" images are printed paper and kept in sealed envelopes. A video image is an "active" image in the sense that it requires an electrical power source to be present. As a result a video image might channel or focus EM fields and radiation in such a way that they may become sensible by a hand.
Harry On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You do a double blind trial by automating the process and covering the > screen. > > Program a computer to randomly display one of your images or a blank > screen every minute of so. The computer will keep a record of what was > displayed during each time interval. > During the interval test subjects will report if they sensed anything. > > You can then look for correlations in the data. > > Harry > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:07 PM, John Berry <berry.joh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> First off, thank you for at least considering this. >> >> Yes I a bit frustrated that no one new has reported even trying these >> images, but I did not mean to show any disrespect. >> >> There is an issue I didn't really want to get to yet, but I think it must >> be considered if we are going to get into the area of blind tests. >> >> You are likely aware of the small but positive results that tiny steel >> balls falling one side or another in a contraption showed an influence of >> the mind on the results. >> You may or may not be aware that certain experiments with subatomic >> particles and SQUID's show a very strong influence of the mind. >> >> There is of course other 'fringe' evidence of various non-physical >> energies being effected by the mind, additionally there is a field called >> energy psychology where energy structured with emotions is released. >> >> Rupert Shaldrake's research, links between identical twins and mother and >> her children are sometime inexplicable without some degree of thoughts >> being things. >> >> Indeed the placebo effect can not only be more effective than many >> treatments, it is becoming more effective than it used to be, about double! >> >> So the problem is that devices that manipulate the aether act to increase >> the energy available to the Placebo effect (available to the mind). >> >> Now you see why I didn't want to get into this, I am already asking you >> to feel a something I can only poorly define which most people can >> experience but in different ways, and now I have to add the additional >> detail, your beliefs and thoughts can effect the aetheric energy to a >> degree. >> >> That doesn't mean a placebo controlled test can't work, but it does make >> for a possibility of some confusing results. >> >> I know it is real, I feel it as a physical sensation on my palms and >> sometimes other places on my body and it is very very strong and real. >> But I know you can't take it on faith. >> >> You could just humor me. >> Or you could try to feel it yourself, hopefully enough to be convinced of >> it. >> >> Of course you could ignore it as being too far out. >> >> But consider that the rules of scientific evidence may actually stop us >> from recognizing a part of reality. >> >> My interest does not lie in how this interacts with the mind, or various >> other distractions. >> My interest does lie in creating physical effects. >> >> Physics has been ignoring a rather significant (albeit seldom reliable or >> clear) portion of reality, and this does open up the possibility of >> understanding these areas for those interested, just not my prime area of >> interest. >> >> I am not sure how to run a blind test well when the aether can be >> effected by thoughts. It might be possible but real consideration would >> have to be given. >> >> >> John >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:10 PM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> You know, John, if I were an amazing Randi type, aside from the fact >>> that I wouldn't be caught dead posting to vortex-l, I would propose my own >>> control experiment rather than asking you what you considered to be an >>> acceptable control experiment. >>> >>> If I were the Amazing Randi, my control experiment would be something >>> like show a bunch of people random images and ask them if they "felt >>> anything". I would then proceed to lead a monkey beat upon you satisfying >>> the egos of a bunch of "skeptics" that they had the strength of numbers on >>> their side. >>> >>> So how about showing me the respect that I showed you by asking you what >>> YOU would consider to be an acceptable control experiment? >>> >>> >>> >>
