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Dean Radin, PhD

Institute of Noetic Sciences &

Sonoma State University, California, USA

NOETIC: Deep inner knowing.

Intuition, insight, gut feelings,

hunches, non-rational knowledge.

mystical union

religious epiphany

creative insight

distant healing

gut feelings

mundane profound

telepathy

premonitions

distant knowing

genius

Saints

intuitive

everyone

healer

rare

common

fre

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impact

Experiences

oceanic feeling

feeling of being stared at

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Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

SrinivasaRamanujan Swedenborg

Leonardo DaVinciHildegard of

BingenSt. Francis of Assisi

mundane profound

rare

common

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impact

Experiences Rare experiences, beyond the reach of

science, but well accepted

Common experiences, amenable to scientific

study, but highly controversial

mundane profound

rare

common

fre

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impact

Experiences

These experiences

transform the world

These experiences transform us

―The supreme task of the physicist is to arrive at those universal elementary laws from which the cosmos can be built up by pure deduction.

There is no logical path to these laws; only intuition, resting on sympathetic understanding of experience, can reach them.‖

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• He was engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness — an epiphany. In Mitchell's own words: "The presence of divinity became almost palpable, and I knew that life in the universe was not just an accident based on random processes. . . . The knowledge came to me directly."

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o 1973 BS Electrical Engineering

o Music & Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

o 1975 Masters Electrical Engineering

o University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

o Cybernetics & biological control systems

o 1979 PhD Psychology

o University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

o Computer-based cognitive modeling

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STAR GATE, SUN STREAK, GRILL FLAME, CENTER

LANE, SCANATE

Remote Viewing

Mind-matter

interaction

Precognition

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Craik-Cornsweet illusion

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We don’t see what is actually out there.

We see what we expect to see.

What drives expectations?

Expectations are driven by common sense and by authority

Aristotle (384-322 BC)

―….the day-fly as it is called, uses four feet and four wings …‖

Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) finally corrected Aristotle

6 feet and 2 wings!

Longest-lasting mistake in scientific history

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Separation is a stubborn illusion

Mind is not identical to brain.

Consciousness is both local and nonlocal

Some ―superpowers‖ are real.

Sometimes common sense and authority are wrong

Superpowers?

Superstitious

nonsense!

No, it’s all real!

Illusion

Delusion

Wishful thinking

Cognitive biases

Coincidence

Fraud

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So rare that it’s a super power.

Western sciences ~ 500 years old

psychic phenomena = impossible nonsenseViolates the Laws of Science

17,500 institutions of higher learning. 99.5% have not a single faculty member

known for an interest in this area

But at least 99.5% of the population is intrigued by these topics

Mainstream Western scientific opinion accurately reflected in education

99.5% ignored

100% interested

What’s wrong with this picture?

alchemist tried to contact the

dead

attended séances

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1,209 Google Tech Talks as of February 3, 2010

#1 most discussed#18 most viewed#50 highest rated

Science and the taboo of psi

mind

atoms, protons, electrons, fermions, hadrons, quarks

atomic structure, molecules, periodic table, chemical reactions, acid-base

microbiology, molecular biology, proteins, genetics, DNA

neuroanatomy, brain architecture, circuits

cognitive neuroscience

philosophy

ethics

causati

on

matter

Western Model of Mind

brain

Mind = Brain = physical object

Science as ―nothing but‖-ism.

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―machines made of meat‖ – Marvin Minsky, AI pioneer

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Eastern “mental sciences” > 3,000 years old

psychic phenomena = expected Vibhuti Pada III:Union Achieved and its Results

Moving the consciousness from many-pointedness to one-pointedness results in transformations which …allow the Yogi to …

… comprehend past, present and future as an integrated whole…

…perceive another’s persons mind …

The Word of Knowledge (1Cor.12:8): Specific knowledge about a person or situation

that could not be known otherwise…

Gifts of Healing (1Cor.12:9): By laying on hands …

Working of Miracles (1Cor.12:10):

Power over nature …

Prophecy (1Cor.12:10)

Perception

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Common sense Awareness bound by

space and timeIntention localized

Macroscopic worldObjects separated in

space and timeLocal forces

Awareness unbound by space or time

Intention / observation are nonlocal

EverydayReality

Microscopic world < 10-12

Objects connected through space & time

Time symmetryObservation ~ influence

Holoworld < 10-35

No objectsNo matter, No energy

No time, No spacePurely relational

Neti Neti

Atman = Brahman?

DeepReality

DeeperReality

no empirical evidence

unable to replicate these

results

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Independent variable Dependent variable r r2

Breast implantsa Connective tissue disease .00 .00

Salk vaccineb Paralytic poliomyelitis .01 .00

Tamoxifenc Major vein blood clots .01 .00

Tamoxifenc Lung blood clots .02 .00

Pravastatind Death .02 .00

Tamoxifenc Uterine cancer .02 .00

Aspirine Heart attacks .03 .00

Beta Carotenef Death .03 .00

Streptokinaseg Death .03 .00

Estrogen + progestinh Dementia .04 .00

Independent variable Dependent variable r r2

Breast implantsa Connective tissue disease .00 .00

Salk vaccineb Paralytic poliomyelitis .01 .00

Tamoxifenc Major vein blood clots .01 .00

Tamoxifenc Lung blood clots .02 .00

Pravastatind Death .02 .00

Tamoxifenc Uterine cancer .02 .00

Aspirine Heart attacks .03 .00

Beta Carotenef Death .03 .00

Streptokinaseg Death .03 .00

Estrogen + progestinh Dementia .04 .00

Independent variable Dependent variable |r| r2

Intelligencew Popularity .10 .01

Classroom sizek Achievement scores .11 .01

Social supportx Health outcomes .11 .01

Depressiony Death .12 .01

Testosteronez Adult delinquency .12 .01

Workshopsaa Sexually transmitted disease .12 .01

Compulsory hospitalization vs. treatment choicebb Alcohol problems .13 .02

Physical attractivenesscc Intelligence .14 .02

Cyclosporinedd Death .15 .02

Low dose warfarinee Blood clots .15 .02

Ganzfeld perceptionff Accuracy .16 .03

Fingerprint asymmetrygg Sexual orientation .18 .03

Cisplatin & Vinblastinehh Death .18 .03

Education levelii Volunteering for research .20 .04

AZT for neonatesjj HIV infection .21 .04

Intelligencew Popularity .10 .01

Classroom sizek Achievement scores .11 .01

Social supportx Health outcomes .11 .01

Depressiony Death .12 .01

Testosteronez Adult delinquency .12 .01

Workshopsaa Sexually transmitted disease .12 .01

Compulsory hospitalization vs. treatment choicebb Alcohol problems .13 .02

Physical attractivenesscc Intelligence .14 .02

Cyclosporinedd Death .15 .02

Low dose warfarinee Blood clots .15 .02

Ganzfeld perceptionff Accuracy .16 .03

Fingerprint asymmetrygg Sexual orientation .18 .03

Cisplatin & Vinblastinehh Death .18 .03

Education levelii Volunteering for research .20 .04

AZT for neonatesjj HIV infection .21 .04

Rosenthal, R., & Rosnow, R. L. Essentials of behavioral

research, 3rd ed. (2008). McGraw-Hill

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Selective memory

False memory

Coincidence

Misperception

Embellishment

Wishful thinking

Mental illness

Objects are not as separate as they seem.

Including the objects

we call minds.

sender

receiver

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sender

receiver

big animal,

Africa

receiver

big animal,

India

Chance = 1/4

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Experimental Investigations of Telepathy

Harvard University

Duke University

City College, City University of New York

University of California, Los Angeles

McGill University, Montreal

University of Leningrad

Cambridge University

University of Amsterdam

University of Götenberg, Sweden

Cornell University

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Stanford University

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today

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Cumulative Results as of 2008 122 experiments, 20 labs, 4,674 sessions

Psychological Bulletin, 1994, 1999, 2001

Odds against chance = 300 trillion quadrillion to 1

p = 3 x 10-30

chance

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creative populations, siblings, high openness, previous experience

sensory leakage recording mistakes randomization problems poor design selective reporting subject fraud experimenter fraud

skeptical replications?

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“After eight studies, we had an

overall [statistically significant]

hit rate of 32% …”

“…precariously close to

demonstrating humans do

have psychic powers.”S

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Central Nervous System correlations?

Receiver’s chamberSender’s chamber

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Experimental data

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Receiver

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2004

r = .20, p = 0.0005

sender’s brain

receiver’s brain

Mario Kittenis et al, University of Edinburgh, 2004

15 couples

Mario Kittenis et al, University of Edinburgh, 2004Leanna Standish et al, Bastyr University

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fMRI image of receiver’s brain

p < 0.00007

Alternative Therapies, 2001

Richards replication (2005)

p < 0.000005

Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, 2005

fMRI image of receiver’s brain

Duane TD, Behrendt T. Extrasensory electroencephalographic inductionbetween identical twins. Science 1965

Grinberg-Zylberbaum J et al. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox in the brain: the transferred potential. Physics Essays 1994

Grinberg-Zylberbaum J, Ramos J. Patterns of interhemispheric correlation during human communication. International Journal of Neuroscience 1987

Standish LJ et al. Evidence of correlated functional MRI signals between distant human brains. Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine 2003

Targ R, Puthoff HE. Information transmission under conditions of sensory shielding, Nature 1974

Wackermann J et al. Correlations between brain electrical activities of two spatially separated human subjects. Neurosciece Letters 2003

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Autonomic Nervous System correlations?

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SCL all data (40 couples)

healthy partner

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patient

patient

Odds against chance > 30,000 to one

send h

ealing

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Telepathy?

120 years of repeatable, controlled scientific

evidence: Mind to mind communication exists

beyond a reasonable doubt.

Patanjali was correct!

Does telepathic information need to be ―sent‖ by someone?

No

Can this be understood as a form of ―mental

radio‖?

Courtesy Russell Targ

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“City”

“Parking

lot”

“Lab

complex”

“Administration

building”

Courtesy Dr. Edwin May

Single Power Poles?

Many!

Moving Electricity

In a Form of Grid

Work

Halo Probably not

Visible to the Eye.

Courtesy Dr. Edwin May

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• Perception through time

• Mind-matter interaction

• Towards an understanding of these phenomena

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Thank you for your kind attention