Global Climate Change RV Study
Introduction: We at The Farsight Institute are currently engaged in a fascinating study using remote viewing to study climate and planetary change over the next five years. The study involves the following goals:
- To demonstrate that remote viewing can be used to describe a location or event accurately using verifiable targets
- To demonstrate that remote-viewing can be used to predict the choice of a target, meaning that the targets are determined after the remote-viewing sessions are completed
- To explore whether remote-viewing data can be sensitive enough to reveal aspects of climate change
- To see if releasing information about multiple possible futures can influence which future is most probable
There are three primary experiments involved in this study. Each involves using remote-viewing data to predict something at a specified date. The three experiments involve predictions made for 1 June 2008, 1 December 2008, and 1 June 2013, respectively. The experiments for 1 June 2008 are complete, and links to the results and preliminary analysis can be found below. The final evaluation of the results for the 1 December 2008 experiment will obviously not be ready until that date. However, some initial feedback with this exeriment is now available (see below). The final results for the 2013 predictions will also have to wait until that experiment's ending date (1 December 2013), although relevant ongoing feedback will be posted here as it becomes available.
Project's Update History:
- Tuesday, 4 December 2008: Ongoing feedback results relating to a Los Angeles seismic event experiment is now posted (below, plus links).
- Friday, 27 June 2008: Initial results posted (below, plus links).
- Wednesday, 25 June 2008: The decrypted target assignment files are now posted. Also, the targets used in this study are now available in decrypted form.
- Wednesday, 18 June 2008: Three new targets are added to the project. (See below. Posted 19 June)
- Wednesday, 4 June 2008: Signal Marker revealed (DOW Jones closing average, see below)
Initial Results:
We have two initial results in our Climate Project. The first is a direct experiment involving time. Here, remote-viewing sessions were conducted for targets across multiple geographical locations, all involving a target time of 1 June 2008. The sessions were completed before the targets were assigned, thereby demonstrating that remote viewing can be used to predict the future choice of a target. The second involves a seismic event in the Los Angeles area prior to 1 December 2008. This is another attempt to use remote viewing in a controlled and scientific manner to predict a future event.
- Remote viewing targets that are chosen in the future
- Remote viewing a near future seismic event in the Los Angeles area
Project Overview for the 1 June 2008 and 1 June 2013 Experiments:
The remote viewers participating in this study have remote viewed various geographically determined targets during two time periods: 1 June 2008 and 1 June 2013. This five-year gap will allow us to look for climate change that may occur over that period. We are also aware that popular culture views the year 2012 as potentially significant, and some people may be interested in following our results because of this. (No reason scientific studies can't be fun!)
From our past research we know that the future is probabilistic, and thus it is necessary to specify certain conditions such that a specific future is perceived correctly. For this reason, we have remote viewed the 2013 targets along two separate timelines, with each timeline offering the potential for significant differences in future events given specific possible actions taken by the mainstream scientific community. Thus, we are hoping to discern what the future looks like if the mainstream scientific community pursues one policy as compared with a future in which the mainstream scientific community pursues a different policy. In the former case, the policy is a continuation of a current policy. In the latter case, the policy is an alternate policy that might produce a significantly different future. We are attempting to learn if the publication of information about a future based on the continuation of current policies can change that future.
The various 2008 targets establish a baseline set of criteria by which the accuracy of the remote-viewing results in general may be evaluated. Thus, if the 1 June 2008 targets are perceived accurately by the remote viewers participating in the study, then it is reasonable to assume that the results for the future dates for those same targets will be comparably accurate. Since each geographically determined target is evaluated three times (once in 2008, and twice in 2013 — once for each future timeline), there are three times as many total targets as there are geographically determined targets in this study.
The remote-viewing sessions were conducted prior to the targets being assigned. The targets have now been assigned by a truly random process (explained below) that took place on Wednesday, 4 June 2008. It was not possible for a remote viewer (or anyone else) to know the identity of the target at the time the target is being remote viewed since the remote-viewing sessions were conducted before 4 June 2008. Thus, the targets are assigned in the future, and the remote-viewing data essentially predict the future targets.
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 is posted on this web site, it will be clear which targets are assigned to which remote-viewing sessions. That is, one of the 999 possible target assignments is determined by the dynamic random event, and the public will be able to see the actual target assignments as well as the 998 other possible assignments that were not chosen when the decrypted file is examined. Crucially, until the dynamic random event occurred, it was impossible for anyone anywhere to know which target were assigned to which remote-viewing session. 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 are encrypted. This is done to ensure the validity of the scientific experiment. The passwords to decrypt the encrypted files will be posted on this web site beginning in June 2008. The encryption software used is Winzip, and the 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.)
Important Links:
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Here is where you can find links to the remote-viewing sessions, all decrypted for easy viewing. The LAX sessions are not included in this link. (They are linked above.) |
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This is the link to all decypted files, including the target bank. More decrypted files are being added regularly. Check this link often. Updated 25 June 2008. |
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Here is where you can obtain the passwords to decrypt the encrypted files that are linked below in the "Legacy" session. If you have not previously downloaded those files, there is no need to do so now. We are beginning to post the decrypted versions of these files. |
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This is the truly random event that determined the assignment of targets to the remote-viewing sessions. Available Wednesday, 4 June 2008. |
LEGACY LINKS: |
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This is revised as of 22 March 2008. (Encrypted) |
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This is the file that contains all of the targets used in this study. (Encrypted) (PDF Version added on 25 May 2008. Previous version was WordPerfect.) |
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Three new targets have been added to the study. Targets 25, 26, and 27 are available here as of 19 June 2008. |
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All 132 encrypted sessions |
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This link contains resources that were useful to the remote viewers participating in this study. |
