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[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Ron Avitzur <avitzur () PacificT com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:01:39 -0800
To: <dave () farber net>, Paul Saffo <psaffo () iftf org>
Subject: Re: [IP] Can this box see into the future?

Bob Park, of http://www.aps.org/WN/  has this to say:

"Did you know that we all sense the future? Did you know that our
minds influence the functioning of machines? If you knew both of
these things, you will not be surprised to learn that random number
generators around the world anticipated both 9/11 and the Indian
Ocean tsunami. The Global Consciousness Project, headed by Dean Radin
(WN 06 Aug 04) found these events in the output of 65 RNGs in 41
countries. And this is just the start. Once they refine what
constitutes an anomaly in a random signal, they'll be able to predict
even the most trivial events -- after they happen. But a more ominous
interpretation is that the RTGs are causing these horrific events. A
sensible precaution would be to ban the use of all such devices."

and at http://www.aps.org/WN/WN04/wn080604.cfm#2

"2. COINCIDENCE: IS YOUR RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR SPEAKING ARABIC?
If it is, you may want to take cover, or seek professional help. In
the August issue of Psychology Today, parapsychologist Dean Radin is
quoted as claiming random number generators (RNGs) were
uncharacteristically coherent in the hours just before the 9/11
terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and again before Madrid.
Coincidences like that don't just happen; "events with worldwide
impact focus consciousness and that influences the functioning of
machines." Radin heads the Global Consciousness Project, with 75
totally deluded researchers around the world monitoring RNGs to see
if they predict terrorist attacks. Are RNGs the only machines that
act up? What about elevators and missile launchers? This is scary.
No, not the machines, the fact that there are that many researchers
that haven't got a clue about how things are, and people with money
willing to fund them."


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> From: Paul Saffo <psaffo () iftf org>
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:47:34 -0800
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Can this box see into the future?
>
> D-
> I am hoping someone on the list have some perspective on this. Seems
> like very much bump-in-the-dark stuff to me, but...
> Oh, and the Global Consciousness Project is at
> http://noosphere.princeton.edu/
> -p
>
>
> Can This Black Box See Into the Future?
> http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=126649#121
>
>   DEEP in the basement of a dusty university library in Edinburgh lies a
> small black box, roughly the size of two cigarette packets side by
> side, that churns out random numbers in an endless stream.
>
>   At first glance it is an unremarkable piece of equipment. Encased in
> metal, it contains at its heart a microchip no more complex than the
> ones found in modern pocket calculators.
>
>   But, according to a growing band of top scientists, this box has quite
> extraordinary powers. It is, they claim, the 'eye' of a machine that
> appears capable of peering into the future and predicting major world
> events.
>
>   The machine apparently sensed the September 11 attacks on the World
> Trade Centre four hours before they happened - but in the fevered mood
> of conspiracy theories of the time, the claims were swiftly knocked
> back by sceptics. But last December, it also appeared to forewarn of
> the Asian tsunami just before the deep sea earthquake that precipitated
> the epic tragedy.
>
>   Now, even the doubters are acknowledging that here is a small box with
> apparently inexplicable powers.

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