Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 QUANTLU-4 PHYSICS AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY The 23rd Annual International Conference of the PEIrapsychology Foundation, Inc. Hotel La Reserve, Geneva, Switzerland August 26-27., 1974 An iAterpretative conference report containina some coments a-bout prospects in parapsychological research. SG1 I October 28., 1974 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 2 I.. INTRODUCTION The 23rd Annual Conference of the Parapsychology Foundation was hold at the Hotel La Reserve, Geneva., Si-ritzerland on August 26 and 27, 1974. The subject of the conference was "Quantum Physics and Parapsychology",, a topic selected at the instigation. of Arthur Koestler., the well-known author,.who in recent years has interested himself in the subject of parapsychology. His recent book, The Plooto of Coincidence, reflects this interest. The putative relation between quantum physics and para- psychology arises because the apparent non-common sense features accepted in,quant= physics may be analogous to the non-common sense features observed in parapsychological phenomena. In any case the conference vas ostensibly devoted to an explora-rion of the physical bases for parapsychology. Complete texts of all ten of the papers presented at this conference have previously been supplied. A summary and critique of the contents of each of the ten papers appears in the Appendix of this report. At the conference a discussion period followed the presentation of each paper, alhd at the conclusion of the conference another more general discussion took place. The proceedings of this conference, containing both the submitted papers and the verbal discussion,, is scheduled for publication in June 1975 by the Parapsychology Foundation., Inc., 29 West 57th Street, Now York. A, brief official account of the conference will appear sooner in their "Newsletter of the Parapsychology Foundation". The following discussion of conference content is based upon attendance Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 at all. the sessions, subsequcnt study of vrritten versions of the papers, and private conversations with nearly all of the personalities present. II. ANALYSIS OF UM PUIRPORT OF THE CONFERENCE The reality of ESP was an accepted fact at this conference. When discussion of the reality of the phenomena occurred, it was concerned only with methods of securing public acceptance and belief in paranormal cognition. Some doubt was expressed of the usefulness of public demonstrations to "blue-ribbon panels".. but all agreed on the necessity of more research support. It became clear that there exists at present no adequate theory of paranormal perception which can furnish a physical basis-for the phenomena. The existing attempts at physical theories are speculative, incor4)lete, at at best poorly substantiated; although some ideas were presented which might furnish the seeds of fruitful investigation. 7hese ideas are discussed in 'more detail below. The conference evidenced a rough division of attitudes toward parapsycholog7 into two schools@of thought. Researchers share a general acceptance of the strangeness-of it all, but on the working level some believe-,progress in-understanding can be achieved t1arough extension and use of existing scientific knowledge and methods, perhaps by some new synthesis. The others basically favor a more philosophical and mystical approach, and believe that nothing short of a complete revolution of thought, maybe into more spiritual directions,, can cope with the challenge. The "mystics" characterize the physical approach as Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 naive reductionism. The "reductionists"., for lack of a better term., retain their faith in the efficacy of traditional scientific methods. These Categories are a convenient simplification of.complex attitudes and some individuals show traces of both orientations. In vlow!of the conference topic it was surprising that the "mystics" were strongly represented. The presentations of Chari, Firsoff, Whiteman., and'Bastin seem to fall in the mystical category. Verbal coments of Arthur Koestler would, place him also in t'ois group. At the conclusion of the conference he expressed disappointment that the ideas were not "crazy" enough and voiced scepticism at seeking explanation of ESP in existing physical theories. These contributions to the conference seem to offer no avenues of physical understanding and will not be discussed further. The rpmaining papers presented at the conference are more physical' in content. Of thG theoretical papers Costa do Beauregard gave the most general and perhaps the best formulated analysis of a possible physical basis for ESP. His presentation consisted of words, and not equations.. but the concepts discussed were readily understandable by a theoretical physicist., Do specific mechanism was proposed, but infornkition theory was interwoven with some established physical principles to describe a framework within which ESP might be undorotood. The ideas of Costa do Beauregard are unifying in character., rather analogous to the unif)ring character of the energy concept in conventional physics, ana like the concept of energy could establish broad guidlines without supplying a detailed mechanisin. For example,, the idea discussed by Feinberg., that precognition is a memory propagated from the future., is subsumed in Approved For Release 2003/09/09: CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved Pqr'Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Costa do-Deauregard's thinj@ina. Puthoff presented some speculations about apparent features of his PK experiments which are also consistent with the same overall pictiire. Indeed'if any common thread emerged-from the physical side of the conference., it was that somehow information theoretic concepts must play an important role in ESP. The connection is established through the equivalence of information theory with physical probability and Its role both in quantum theory and in macroscopic entropy. A detailed and partially quantitative physical theory of ESP was presented tv Walker. This theory may err through its use of overspecific and poorly justified assumptions. It relies heavily on some explicit conjectures about neural activity in the brain, and also postul6t6s-an essentialTunction in consciousness and psi communication for the so- called "hidden variabies" of quantum theory. A simple empirical method of quantifying the results of ESP experiments was-proposed by Schmidt. This q-aantification, if appropriate., would permit the various experimental manifestations of ESP ( precognition, clairvoyance, PK, etc.) to be interrelated. Experimental papers describing striking PK and remote viewing experiments with gifted paragnosts were presented by Puthoff and Targ. In terms of normal standards of scientific conferences the gleanings of theoretical understanding from this conference are somewhat sparse, particularly if a physical basis of ESP is the object. The phenomena of ESP have undergone a great deal of experimental verification, but a basic understanding of paranormal perception is evidently still lacking. The material presented at this conference only indicates a bare beginning of a rational, physical, interpretation of parapsychological phenomena, Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787RO.00200180001-2 Approved For Release.2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 III. (IENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND GUILE, LINE'S The picture of ESP research derived from attendance-at this conference -.and supplemented by a study of publications in-the open literature forms the basis of' the following general comments. 1. Knowledge of normal perception and neural data processing in the brain is still limited, even though the physical basis of normal perception is well-founded. The wide area of ignorance or partial knowledge surxounding even normal. mental function is indicative of the possible impediments to attaining a coherent -understanding of paranormal perception. The physical paradoxes of ESP are severe, but even were a physical basis'6f ESP established,, much would remain unkrioim. In short,,- progress-in this area -may require not only increased understanding of the physical basis of the phenomena, but also advances in cybernetics and neurophysiology as well. 2. The ideas of Costa de Beauregard fo3n-a the most auspicious point of departure for development of a physical understanding of ESP. These ideas,ctre favored because of their broad physical base, their use of general information concepts., and because they contain a minimum of ad hoe assumptions. Although some elementary deductions are immediately possible, this theoretical framelvxrk is., as yet, insufficientiy articulated. Additional analysis and calculation is needed to ex@)lore detailed consequences of the,basic general idea. Experimentally verifiable predibtions and relations should be sought, and the theory should be i, scrutinized for guidelinas'to mean'ingful- experimental. efforta. Such Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787RO66200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 a program would represent a firm physically-based attempt to understand some of the mechanism of ESP, but could not be expected to prod-ace immediate results@ 3'. For practi(mAl purposes-the investigration and experimental verification of empirical regularities governing the occurrence, content, and reliability of paranormal events should not be disdained. Although theory is always valuable., it may not be absolutely essential. It is quite-possible to know enough about a phenomenon to use it effectively, or to evaluate its use., without possessing any deep understanding of its nature. The human race used fire for thousands of years without understanding chemistry. Identification and quantification of physical. and psychological conditions for inhibition and enhancement of psi effects is especially desirable. The apparent spontaneity of these phenomena and their independence of most referents poses the most serious obstacle to their application. It is difficult to perceive the purpose served by research in parapsychology which does not attempt to relate the phenomena to controling conditions. Farapsychologymay have application provided such relationships exist on some level, even the level of total empiricism. 4. Regardless of the level of understanding of paranormal porcoption it is clear that information derived by this means is incomplete.. subjc-ct to error and distortion, and sometimes completely erroneous. In -many cases the accuracy isamazing, but complete errors are also frequent. A percipient may be unable to reliably estimate his oim accaxac@y. 7 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 8 These inherent features raise the fundamental problem of how such erratic information can be utilized. How can the output of paranormal perception be assessed according to its completeness and/or reliability so as to optimize its use and minimize the effect,of errors? The pec-qIjar features of ESP derived information demand that these problems be-addressed if such information is to serve a useful function. SG1 I Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00781ROO0200180001-2 APPENDIX A SlmwrY and Critique of Each Paper Presented at the Conference Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787RO66@00180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 1. FOUNDATIONS OF PAII!IPHYSICU PA PAPSYM TOj-,or,,I CAT, pYTE,,\j()7,MmA. Evan Harris Walker., BIMP Aberdeen Proving Grounds., Maryland. SU24ARY: The oral talk consisted only of an outline su=.ry of idoas and results. Study of a written version (69 pages) of this tall-, together with previous papers referenced therein is required to evaluate the thinking of Dr. Walker. The written version of this talk explains a theory of psi phenomena resting upon several foundations: 1. A theory of consciousness developed by Dr. Walker (referenced but not explained) in which triggering of nerve synapses is influenced by single quantum-level procGsses, and in which there are computed 3 ba.sic rates of data processing in the brain.1 a.) Subconscioi-is data rate 2.4(10)12 bits/Sclc. b.) Conscious data rate 7.5(10) & bits/sec. c.) Attention set or."willit dcta rate 3(10) bits/sec. 20 The notion of "hidden variables" in quantum theory. These "hidden variables" P.re not present in standard quontum thcory., nnd are called Ohiddon" because they are inaccessible to direct mcasurenent. There is no exporimen-t--al verification of necessity for sucla vnriablos, but they have been conjectured solely for philosophical -)r logical rrvottres. The roll of those variables is to fix the precise outcome of a quan- tum event (or measureinent), nn ou"-.cone which in standard quantum theory is only determined in torms, of its probability. The outcome of a quan- tum event must be the same for all observers regardless of location or time lapse., so Ithidden variables" potentinIly provide a con-iounica- tion channel independeA of space and time. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 3. The nssertion that . the attention set or 11171.11" data rate in the brain is the rate at which "hidden variablott-govorned quantum processes are influencing the mind., or at which the mind can influence quantum proc- U esseso Such a mind-mind or mind-object link provides a "hidden var, iable" theory of psi phenomena suitablo for telepathy" cl airvoyance., precognition., and PK. Since according to this theory the "will" or paranormal data rate2 3(10) 4 bits/see, is a very small fraction of the conscious data rate,, 705(10 bits/sec., the rarity of paranormal cog),nition is explained. Assuming a perceptive cue may occur at random from either data rate permits a calculation of the incidence of psi ability in an individual or a population. Fair agreement results. A detailed calculation is presented of the effect of quantum uncertainties in the initial position and velocity of a cubical die which bounces down an inclined plane. This experimental situation amplifies initial quantum uncer- tainties into macroscopic differences in the final position of the die. The results of PK placement experiments on rolling dice are consistent with those calculations, lending credence to the belief that PK operates by resolving quantum uncartaint7. CRITIQUE: 1. The somewhat dubious contention that the triggering of nerve syDclpscs is a quantum process requires more substantiation. The author's ar- guMents leading to this contention, though published or reported, are not readily accessible. A like statement applies to his calculation and interpretation of tho three fundamental data rates in the brain. All the aut-hor's ideas form an interlocking system which has evolved over several years. To*secure acceptance, or even objective consid- Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 12 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 eration, these thou,'DITIts should be combined into a sinF@lc, concise, 2 2 - 1- _)d and self-c(,-)ntn!ne presentation, which the present paper is not. 2. Hidden variables are controversial and by no means form a part of ac- cepted physical theory. No compelling physical evidence requires thcm@ unless psi phenoinena itself constitutes such evidence. Invoc"Eition of physical hidden wriables for a theory of consciouqness is a radical assumption, justifiable only by successful results. 3. The theory has not yet predicted anything. The calculations of the incidence of psi ability, and of the influence of quantum uncertain- ties upon dice rolling, show consistency with experiment but do not test the fundamental assumptions of the theory. The former calcula- tion depends only upon a single number (the ratio 11-10 and the latter is a physical calculation. .4. 'Regardless of its validity., Dr. Walker Is theory is the. most explicit., detailed, and quantitative thoory of psi phenomena presented at this conference; though perhaps not the most fundamental. Unlike some of the other papers its contents are sufficiently explicit to ngjmit de- tailed criticism and evaluation, and to at least offer some possibil- ities of experimental assessment. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROOO@00180001-2 13 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 2, PTV',,COGNTITToN-A 1,11,"I";ORY" Or- T@[!!,,TGS J.-,.J1JTrLm Gerald Feinberg., Department of Physics,, Oolutabia Uniiversity, New York. SUMMY: estion i3 acbranced. that precognition m-iy be knowledFe of Tile sug a future state of the percipientts mind rather than prior knowledge of an objective state of the physical world. Thiis, like memory where the nasl state of the mind is recalled., procognition is perception of a fij@u @rc state of the mind. Professor Feinberg notes thnt the theory of electromagnetic radintion,, and other physical theories, in principle permits both tiTne retarded and time ad- vanced solutions. The time advanced solutions i-fiaich propagate information from future to past are customarily excluded for the reason that they have not been observed e,-q)erimentally. The possibility exists of some small admixture of time advanced solution together with the dominant time retarded solution. In the cise of electromagnetic thoory experiments vire presently testing this pos- sibility to the accuracy of one part in 10 If one assunes that the mechanism, of memory.. vrhatever it may be,, likel-rise permits a small admixture of time advanced solutions as well as the usual time retarded ones which we call memory, we have the phenomena of occasional pre- cognition based izpon perception of a future state of the mind. Precognition of events is possible only if the percipient learns of -%he event at some time in the future. These speculations would receive experimental substantiation if prccop- nition is influenced by the same factors as influence memory. CRITIQUE: Basically a trivial paper, @ontaining one idea expresced in the title, Approved For Release 2003/09/0.9 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO02001800 01-2 14 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 to,gether with so-me stondard physics w.liich is only related to psi phenomena by virtue of a strained analor@y between electromag6etic radiation and memory processes* Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 15 1 , TIANDR-T LOGIC, AT7D INPIT? 'ATIO!-T TT PSYCHOLO@'3_, 1-OF _I 'Y C.T.K. Chari, M--idras Christian Collogo, Madras., India Professor Chari did not attend the conference. His pnper was read by Harold Puthoff. SUIT4ARY: In addition to three tpies of conventional biological inforTmtion; 1.) ge- notic, 2.) environmentally conditioned, and 3.) symbolic and recorded communi- cation; the author postulates a 4th type of information network, the psi-not,- work. The logic of this network would be non-Boaieran. Understanding the psi network may require use of recently proposed concepts in the quantum theory of measurement and in information theory. CRITIQUE: A paper written in the context of philosophy and formal logic without., however, a clear internal organization. It provides no theory clear enough for experimental. verification or further de, velopMent. 'Bie principal value of the paper is its numerous citations of recent worl: in the philosophy of quan- tum mechanics and in information theory. Indeed this paper reads like an over- abbreviated review -!rticle. Since C.T.K. Chari did not attend the conference he read advanced drafts of some of the presented papers and submitted a written version of his r('.,9c- tions to them entitled: An Indian Parapsychologyist's Reactions to the Genova Conference on "Quantum Physics and Parapsycholo@.Zrll Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 gULNTMj PARADOXES AIM ATIZISTOTLEIS TWOFOLD IN1FOPJ,1ATT0N CONCEPT 0. Costa de Beauxegard, Institut Henri Poincare', Paris, France The problems of relativity, time reversibility, and entropy increase lead to consideration of measurement processes in the conte-xt of information theory. A measuxement process by which information is acquired produces an increase in entropy, since negative entropy must be supplied equal to or greater than the information acquired. Such a process is a learnIng or a perceptual process. An entropy increasing process is dissipative., and'dissipation is a requirement of macroscopic causality in the normal sense of past determining the future or, equivalently, retarded waves, The avtbor proposes the reverse process ( an ordering process) whereby prc-existing inforutation is converted into order., a process which occurs whenever any conceptual scheme is actualized to produce Macroscopic order. Ordering decreases entropy. An entropy decreasing process-is the reverse of dissipative and implies macroscopic acausality (or finality) in the sense of the future situation determining the past, or advanced waves. Both processes, which were foreshadowed in Aristotle's thinking, can be represented by the two chains of equivalence: Measurement-@ Information Entropy Increase Dissipation Causality Retarded Wave Past to Future Informa'tion-> Ordering Entropy Decrease Anti-Dissipation Finality Advanced Waves Future to Past 1.6 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Although de facto the first column predominates in natural macroscopic processes., the inverse process of the second column is or theoretical possibility and indeed must also occur. A:t the microscopic level of elementary quantum processes one might expect a spmnetry between the two colum.ns., similar to the other symmetries of microscopic physics ( tine reversal, charge conjugation., etc.). Since probability plays a central role in quantum theory, the two types of process depending respectively on increasing and decreasing order, have tight consequences. Some of these are PK by use of co&'ous information to control a quantum process- and telepathy by the linked outcome of quantum measuritg-processes, Basically these considerations are summarized in the statement that the vave function of quantum mechanics propagates probabilities. It is not a physical field which propagates, but rather an information field. CRITIQUE: 7hough scarcely providing an explicit theory, this paper hews closely to established physical.understanding, It provides a theoretical framework which not only may connect observed ESP effects irith quantum mechanics., but which also places ESP in the very general context of information theory. Whatever else it may be or may involve, ESP does deal inith information. In addition the paper points up how information Itheory may underlie some very deep- physical principles. This is a provocative paper, .,!ica@ discussion at the conference. It may perhaps the most profound Rhy- perhaps formulate a general foundation upon which could be built an intelligible physical theory-of ESP. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO6200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 T,IIT,, OD QUAN17-PrI P-TMCS V.A. Firsoff@ Royal Astronomical Society., London, Enqland SU1,WRY: This paper uses the ideas expressed by Monod @(Jacques Ibnod., Chance ani Necessity, 1972 ) as a framework for e:@q)ounding the thcirie that non@al proc- esses have a fundamental role in nature which cannot be understood on the basis of classical mechanism, logic of the excluded middle, cyl)ernetic models,, or any other conventional ways of thinicing. Numerous illustrative examples are citel to support this assertion. Life is too rare and strange a phenomenon to be explicable in terms of statistical probability. Its characteristics of genetic invariance coupled with dynamic evolutionAadaptability indicate a di- rective force of mental type. Visual perception may use only a few photons, and neural processes in the brain -.ire sufficiently sensitive to respond to quantum effects. In turn PK exq)eriments have demonstrated mental influence upon radioactive decay, a quantum process. Thus there is a deep, and not understoody connection between life, mental processes, and quantum physics. CRITIQUE: Not precisely an objective paper, but rather expressive of the author's sense of awe and wonderment at the mysteries of natoxe, citing cxariples of in- explicable processes, and weaving sone possible general implications from them. Basicnlly a philosophicnl esspy., more lucid than m,-)ny., but offering no testable hypotheses nor firm points of departure for subsequent analysis. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 19. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 IT PSY(',jTOV 6. PHYSICS ENTROPY A ID 7 -ST 5 Harold Puthoff and Russell. Tnrg@ SRI, Manl o Park, California 7. MIME VTEWIj,,TG OF NATURAL T-fiRCT 'ETS Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff, SRI, Menlo Park, California SIWARY: Both of these papers describe experimental tests with gifted paragnosts. The first describes PK experiments influencing sophisticated physical instru- ments, and the second deoctibes extrasensory perception of remote targets in such detail as to imply high rates of data transmission. No detailed sumuLarY is becessary sino.e the papers ore experimental and the descrintions are clear. Some general features of PK and speculations about its nature are given in the first paper.9 to wit: 1. PK phenomena are close to noise level and appear to derive their ela-- er._c7 from mobilization of random thermal enerEy. 2. Results seem to appear as a result of coincidence rather than of specific cause. 3. P.K-phenomena are intrinsically spontaneous ani hard to produce on cue. /+. Close control and observation inhibit the phenomena. 5. Phenomena arc knoi-rn to occur on the micros"copic quantum. lovel which are similar to observed PK phenomena. CRITIQUE: Belief in the e-xnerimantal results depends upon confidence in the inte.- rity and skill. of the e@cperimenters. The results descrilvl-)ed, if valid, estab- lish the exi3tence of the phenomena and are a first step toward ostlblishing its -catterns. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 14 20 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 . Some of -the features observed nre compitible with 'the general ideos eN, pressed in -the paper of Professor Dcauregard. A.pproved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 21 Approved For Release 2003109109: CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 PARA PSYCJ IOTO(' Y AS Ali ATTALYTICAL-DEDUCTT'Mi SCJE@TGZ J.11.14. Whiteman, University of Cape To,,rn, Cape Town., South Africa ST414A HY: I am utterly unable to understand this paper. It appears to outline a complete logical-mathemitical system., which is also expressive of an entire .philosophy or world view sufficiently rich in structure to permit parapsychol- ogy and much else besides. CRITIQUE: .I am neither a philosophor nor a lor, an, ici. but as a physicist I doubt whether such artifcicial constri,lets, however beautifully articulated, gre fruit- ful unless narrowly constrained by experimental fact. Such is apparently not the case here.. Approved For Release 2003/09109 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 A LOGICALLY CONSISq7VT MODE1 OF-A- -"10',UD WITH PSI INTERACTION Helmut Schmidt., The Institute for Parapsychologry, Durham, North Carolina SUINARY: An empirical description of psi phenomena is proposed wherein a psi source stren,-th is defined as a multiplicative factor api)lied to the ra tio of apriori probabilities for random events. Thus psi can change relative probabilities of events. Different experiments can be conceived as chains of random events., and whether an event occurs in the chain or not can depend upon previous events in the chain. Various experimental structures are proposed which could serve to test the consistency of this model. Psi sources could be superimposed to test the linear addition of weak psi effectsi multiple stimulation of the psi source an animate obJect could be testefl, and various logical connoctivities can be constructed to test equivalence of PIC., precogni-itioni etc. CRITIQUE: This empirical. approach to the a uantift cation of psi effects is moti-- vated by Drs Schmidt's succossful experiments in the psi'control of random quantum events. The approach furnishes no deep mecl I F, -ianism or underst, ndin, b4t can bo very valuable for sorting the lo,@,,ical consistency of models. Whether these specific ideas prove consistent 'hy surviving furt r e: eri-q n- he CD 10 Cj tal checks or not, the general approach of emi)irical quantification in the context of a simple lo;@ical structure seems quite appropriate and reasonable at the present stage of understanding of psi phenomena. 22 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 23 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 .1 IT 10. CO' hCT1,01:13 BEMm'F@,j EVE-TTS PH TKIE GO;.171@,-CT OF r V A 0,,UAM7PM PT-Z017-31, Ted Boxtin Cambrid-!e Language Cambridge England %search Unit SUT-MRY: This PaPer refers to, '-)ut does not doscribc in detaillt a MaVielm-tical structure Viiich is under development by the author. The mathematical model has as Its object., notihing less than attainment of a fundamental theory under- lying Ell objects and phenomena. It hopes to d,@Irivc 'Such things as elementary particles and their characteristics, as well as the very structure of space and time. Despite the occnsional mention in t',.-le paper of' moro conventional physical ideas, the chain of speculntive logic remains oloscure. Little ex- plicit mention is made of parapsychology. CIRTTIQUE: This paper is so confusing to the rc;ader as to preve-rit lany effect-1110 evaluationl other thni to record the Lapression that such speculations are not only disorganized 7-.)ut very renote from conventional physical theory. Their relation to.parapsycliolo,7 is it present extremely t-ontious, although the au- thor's interest in p9rapsycholoqy may provide pait of the ultimate motivation for his thinking. NOTE: At the conference Dr. BQstin circulatue,3 a priper., without pornitting copies of it to be mode. Tliis pnpor, n,itlioood !-!y 11asted,, Bohm, @ctstin, and 0"Plegan W th T i and dated June 2:), P-PA., wnq -) nrivrntive description of c@cperimonts i Tir Geller. Geller's ability to modify counts of a Gell..,for counter (perhaps by control of electrical currents in the coii-iter sliell), to ')end spoons, and to bend molybdenum dislr3 i!3 reporter]. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R666200180001-2 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 PARTICIPANTS TED BASTIN, Cambridge J,anguage Research Unit Cambridge, England C. T. K. CIIARI,Madras Christian College Madras, India 0. COSTA DE BFAUREcARD, Institut I-Ienri Poincar6 Paris, France GERALD FE.INBERG, Columbia University New Yor k, U.S.A. V. A. FIRSOFF, Royal Astronomical Society London, England IIAROLD PUTROFF, Stanford Research Institute Menlo Piirk-, California, U.S.A. I-IrLMUT SCHMIDT, '!'he Institute for Parapsychology Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. Russi,x,i, TARG, Stanford Pescarch Institute Menlo Park, California, U:S.A. LVAN Hmznis AV,%mm@, Ballistic Research Laboratories Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, U.S.A. J. 1-1. M. WHITEMAN, University of Cape Town. CapeTown, South Africa OBSERVERS ARTiTuiz KorSTLER, @ondon, England EIMIL10 SFRVADIo, Rome, Italy CHARLES PANTATI, New York, U.S.A. PARAPSYCHOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC. EILEENCoi@Y-President ALLANANCOFF-Chairman Domestic and International Programs RoDERTR. COLY-Adininistrative Secretary PROGRAM 23RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE La Reserve, Geneva, Switzerland August 26-27, 1974 QUANTUJI PHYSICS ANO PARAPSYCHOLOGY PARAPSYCHOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC. 29 West 57fh Street, New York, N. Y. 10019 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 ApproVed For Release 2003/09/09 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180001-2 DAY ONE-Monday, August 26 DAY TWO-Tuesday, Augusf 27 9: 00 A.M. Introduction Allan An-off 9:00 A.M. "Physics, Entropy and Greetings Eileen Coly Psychokinesis" Harold Putkoff and Russell Targ 9:15 AAM. "Foundations of Paraphysical and Parapsychological 10:00 A.M. "Rernote Viewing of Phenomena" Evan Harris Walker Natural Targets" Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff 10: 15 A.M. "Precognition-A Memory of Things Future?"' Gerald Feinberg I 1: 00 A. M. Interinzision 11:15 A.M. Intermission 11: 15 A.M. "Parapsychology a's an Analytico-Deductive 11:30 A.M. "Paraps)-chology, Quanturn Science" J. 11. M. Whiternan Logic and Information Theory" C. 1'. K. Chari (Read by Harold Puthoff) 12:15-2:30 i,.M. Recess-Lunch 12:30-2:45 P.M. Recess--Lunch 2:30 i,ai. "A Logically Consistent Model of a World Nvith Psi Interaction" Ilclrnut Schmidt _-2:4.5 i,.M. "Quantum Paradoxes and Aristotle's Twofold 3:30 pai. "Connections between Ivents Information Concept" in the Context of the 0. Costa de l3cauregard Combinatorial Model for a Quanturn Process" Ted Bastin 3:45 "Life and Quantuni Physics" V. A. Firsoff 4:30 P.M. Intermission 4:45 P.M. Recess-Refreshtnents 4:45-6:-00 P.M. Round Table Discussion Approved For Release 2003/09/09 CIA- RDP96-00787ROOO-200180001-2