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Volume 6: Number 4: Article 2
A Low Light Diffraction Experiment for Anomalies Research
S. Jeffers and J. Sloan, Department of Physics and Astronomy, York
University, 4700 Keele St., North York, ON M3J IP3, Canada
Some interpretations of quantum mechanics assert an active role for
human consciousness in actualizing the results of measurements on quantum
systems. At the same time, some empirical studies have claimed positive
results in testing the abilities of human subjects to bias randomly
generated events than those governed by Gaussian statistics. Experiments
have been conducted using a different probability distribution i.e.
the digitally recorded diffracted light intensity from a single slit.
This normalized distribution is conventionally interpreted as the probability
of locating a photon in a specified location in the observation plane.
Human subjects have been invited to attempt to bias this distribution
in a prescribed way. The experiment is tightly controlled against any
artifacts generating very high data rates with high statistical accuracy.
Calibrations show that any displacement of the diffraction pattern relative
to the detector of order 1.6E-5 cms should be detectable. Of twenty
subjects tested, none has produced a detectable displacement corresponding
to this upper limit.
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