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Global Climate Change RV Study: Experiment Details
Public Participation:
The public has been encouraged to participate in this study by downloading
the remote-viewing sessions when they became available and then waiting
until the targets are assigned to those sessions using a dynamic and truly
random process as described below. The public can then examine the accuracy
of the remote-viewing data in describing the assigned targets. The remote-viewing
results were made available for public download as soon as they were collected
on an on-going basis until 3 June 2008. These results were all
encrypted (using Winzip)
so that no one could see them until a password is applied to decrypt the
sessions.
During this time while the remote-viewing sessions were being completed
and downloaded by the public, the targets were not yet
assigned to the remote-viewing sessions. The remote-viewing sessions
were assigned targets according to a truly random and publicly known process (a so-called "signal marker") that occurred during the first
week of June 2008. This event is now known, and it can be seen in a link below (near the bottom of this page). The dynamic event was used to determine which among
999 possible target assignments would be used for this study. A file that
contains the identity of this dynamic random event and the complete set
of possible target assignments was available for public download since 22 March 2008. Once the password for this file was posted on this web site, it was clear
which targets were assigned to which remote-viewing sessions. That is,
one of the 999 possible target assignments was determined by the dynamic
random event, and the public was able to see the actual target assignments
as well as the 998 other possible assignments that were not chosen after
the decrypted file was examined. Crucially, until the dynamic random event
occurred, it was impossible for anyone anywhere to know which targets
were assigned to which remote-viewing sessions. All of the this is further
explained in full detail in the target assignment file.
Remote Viewer Participation:
The remote-viewing sessions that were posted on this web site for
this experiment were done by officially designated
participants. Each participant has been trained to a high degree of proficiency to
remote view using structured data-collection procedures. Other viewers
who have been similarly trained in structured data-collection procedures
(such as SRV, HRVG, and CRV methods) were strongly encouraged to participate
informally by doing their own sessions and simply saving their results
themselves until the passwords to decrypt the targets are posted. While only the results of the officially designated
participants will be posted on this web site, the results of others can
be shared among friends, posted on other web sites, described in blogs,
and distributed via a variety of venues. Our hope is that this informal
participation helps generate public interest and discussion in the experiment.
Evaluation of the Remote-Viewing Results:
The remote viewers were allowed to compare their remote-viewing data
with the actual targets during an allotted window of time that occurred
after the end of the first week in June 2008. Passwords to decrypt
the 2008 sessions will be posted on our web site for general public use
during the subsequent months after the the remote-viewing data are analyzed. The accuracy of the remote-viewing data for those targets
can then be evaluated by the general public once the passwords are posted.
The passwords to decrypt the 2013 sessions will be posted on our web site
after the sessions have been fully analyzed by researchers involved with
this study. We will present the 2013 remote-viewing data together with
an analysis of these data at the same time. This may take a some weeks,
so please be patient while we do our work.
The accuracy of the remote-viewing data will be based on statistical
and other evaluations of how well the targets are described in each remote-viewing
session. Details on how this is done will be posted when the project results
are released.
How the Targeting System Works:
The encrypted target assignment files (available for download below)
have the following type of information in it (depending on how many targets
are used by a particular viewer — 12, 18, or 24):
S(ession)#:T(arget)#
Target Assignment #1 >> S1:T6, S2:T15, S3:T19, S4:T7, S5:T23,
S6:T22, S7:T12, S8:T10, S9:T2, S10:T17, S11:T21, S12:T14, S13:T3, S14:T24,
S15:T4, S16:T1, S17:T20, S18:T18, S19:T16, S20:T9, S21:T5, S22:T11, S23:T13,
S24:T8
Target Assignment #2 >> S1:T10, S2:T3, S3:T22, S4:T8, S5:T1, S6:T2,
S7:T15, S8:T18, S9:T9, S10:T20, S11:T11, S12:T12, S13:T16, S14:T7, S15:T17,
S16:T21, S17:T14, S18:T19, S19:T4, S20:T23, S21:T24, S22:T5, S23:T6, S24:T13
Target Assignment #3 >> S1:T22, S2:T18, S3:T14, S4:T10, S5:T8,
S6:T3, S7:T12, S8:T15, S9:T4, S10:T2, S11:T6, S12:T7, S13:T9, S14:T11,
S15:T13, S16:T17, S17:T21, S18:T23, S19:T24, S20:T20, S21:T16, S22:T5,
S23:T1, S24:T19
Target Assignment #4 >> S1:T13, S2:T9, S3:T24, S4:T22, S5:T16,
S6:T12, S7:T10, S8:T2, S9:T3, S10:T20, S11:T17, S12:T5, S13:T18, S14:T7,
S15:T1, S16:T8, S17:T6, S18:T11, S19:T15, S20:T4, S21:T14, S22:T19, S23:T21,
S24:T23
In the above example list of four target assignment possibilities, there
are 24 targets that have to be assigned to 24 remote viewing sessions,
and there are four different ways this can be done. Some remote viewers
may complete fewer than 24 sessions, and a different target assignment
list is used in these situations. There are three possible target assignment
lists for situations in which viewers complete 12, 18, or 24 remote viewing
sessions. Also, while there are only four possible target assignments
in the above example, in the actual experiment's encrypted target assignment
files that are used for this study and which the public can access below,
there are 999 randomized possible target assignments. The choice of which
target assignment is relevant to the current study will be determined
by the dynamic random event that is described in the encrypted files (and
which everyone can see in June 2008). As shown in the above example, for
each possible target assignment, remote-viewing session numbers are assigned
to target numbers. Thus, in the first assignment shown above, session
#1 is assigned to target #6, session #2 is assigned to target #15, and
so on. The list of targets is found in a separate encrypted file and can
be downloaded below.
Encryption Note:
Many of the files used in this study were initially encrypted. Since the encryption period is over, it is no longer necessary for web site visitors to download the encrypted files. The encryption was done to ensure
the validity of the scientific experiment. The passwords to decrypt the
encrypted files were posted on this web site in the beginning of June 2008.
The encryption software used is Winzip,
and the appropriate files are encrypted using strong 256 bit AES encryption. Because
of this strong encryption process, these files cannot be decrypted using
most other Zip file or compression utilities that use weaker encryption
methods. Participants should use Winzip
to decrypt these files. Since Winzip
is a Windows based program, Mac OS users with Intel chip machines will
need to run Windows (via Bootcamp
or Parallels)
to decrypt these files. (Some Mac users will simply want to visit a friend who has a Windows machine to decrypt the files.)
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