The 23rd Annual International Conference of the ParansycholoMr Foundation Inc. Hotel La Resene, Geneva, Si-ritzerland August 26-27., 1974 hn interpretaiive conference report containing so-me comments about Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 2 I. INTRODUCTION' 7be 23rd Annual Conference of the Parapsychology Foundation was held at the Hotel La Reserve, Geneva, Si-ritzerland on AuZust 26 and 27 1974. 7he subject of the conference was "Quantum Physics and Parapsychology" a topic selected at the instigation of Arthur Koestler, the well-knoiM author,.who in recent years has interested himself in the s4bject of parapsychology. His recent book U The-Root,-. or Coincidence, reflects this interest. The putative relation between quantum physics and para- psychology arises because the apparent non-common sense features accepted in quantum physics may be analogous to the non-common sense features observed in parapsychological phenomena. In any case the conference was ostensibly devoted to an exploration of the physical bases for parapsychology. Complete texts of all ten of the papers presented at this conference have previously been sivpplied. A summary ana 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, abd at the conclusion of the conference another -more general discussion took place. The proceedinEs of this conference, containinc both the submitted papers and the verhal discussion, is scheduled for publication in June 1975 by the Parapsychology Foundation, Inc., 29 West 57th Street, New York. A brief official account of the conference will appcar sooner in their "Newsletter of the ParapsycholoEr Foundation". Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 ~7- Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 at c1l tho nessionsp subscoucnt study of' irrittcn versions of' the papers., and private conversations with nearly all of the personalities present. 1I. ANALYSIS OF "IHE PUIRPORT OF 71)T COTT, EMENCE The reality of ESP wns an accented fact at th is conference. When discussion of the reality of the phenonicna occu,-red, it was concerned only with methods of securing public acceptance and belief in paranorr-111 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 arc speculative, incomplete, at at best poorly su~bstantiated; although some ideas were presented which night furnish the seeds of fruitful investigation. These ideas are discussed in more detail below. The conference evidenced a rough division of attitudes toward parapsychology into two schools-of thought. Researchers share a general acceptance of the strangeness of it all, but on the working levol some belicve,progre~~s in understanding can be achieved through extension and use of existing scientific knowledge and methods, perhaps by some new synthesis. The others basically favor a more philosophical and ,Acal approach, and believe that nothin- short of a complete revolution of thought, maybe into more spiritual directions., can cope with the challenge. The I'mystics" characterize the physical approach as Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 A. pproved. For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 naivo reductiorism. 7lic llreductj.onis~.,;U. for lack of a better tem. retain their faith in the efficacy of traditional scientific methods. Mneso categories are a convenient sirplification of coLaplex attitudes and some individuals show traces of both orientations. U In vf'.civof the conference topic _LU vias surprising that the "TWst- cs were s trongly represented. The presentations of Chari, Firsoff Whiteman , and Rastin seem to fall in the mystical category. Verbal comments of Arthur Koestler woula place him also in Viis 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 remaining papers presented at the conference aro more physical in content. Of the theoretical papers Costa de Beaureg-ard gave the most general and perhaps the best formulated analysis of a possible physical basis for ESP. His pregentation consisted of words, and not equations, but the concepts discussed were readily understandable by a theoret-ica-1 physicist., No specific mechanism was proposed, but information theory was interwoven with some established physical principles to describe a framework withih which ESP miglit be The ideas of Costa de Deauregard are unifilng in character, rather analogous to the unifying character of the enerMr concept in conventional physics, anct like the concept of energy could establioh broad guidiincs without supplying a detailed mechanism. For =mple, the idea discussed by Feinberg, that Procor,nition is a memory propa-gatcd fro-m the future, is subsumed in Lj Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 pprovedFor Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 Costa do- Dcauxcgard's Vi,_n%'in_-. Puthoff presented some spcculations about apparent features of his PK experiments which are also consiotent with the same overall pictlire. Indeed' if any comnon. 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 'w -a X s esented Iry Walker. This theory -may err through its use of overspecific r P and poorly justified assumptions. It relies heavily on some explicit conjectures about neural activity in the brain, and also postulat6s-an %1 essentialfunction in consciousness ana psi communication for the so- called "hidden variabies" of quantum theory. A simple empirical method of quantifying the results of ESP experiments by Schmidt. This quantification, if appropriate,would was pro-posed V permit the various ex-Derimental manifestations of ESP precognition', clairvoyance, PK, etc.) to be interrelated. Experimental papers describing striking PK and remote viewing experiments with gifted paragnosts wei-c presented by Puthoff and Targ. In terms of normal standards of scientific conferences the gleanings of theoretical understanding from this confercnce are somewhat sparse, particularly if a physical basis of ESP is Vre object. The phenomena of ESP have undergone a great deal of experimental verification, but a basic understanding of paranormal perception is evidenily still lacking. The material presented at this conference only indicates a bare beginning of a ratiomal physical, intcrprotation of parapsychological phenomena. , Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 III. GEITEML COLNCLUSION'S AND GUIDELINIZ3 The Picture of EST research derived from attendance at this conference and supplemented ITy a study of publications in the open literatu e forms y the basis of' the following general comments. 1. Knowledge of nornal perception and neural data processing in the brain is St 11 limited, even though the physical basis of normal porceptio n is well-founded. Tho wide area of ignoranco or partial knowledge surxounding even normal riental function is indicntive of the possible impediments to attaining a coherent -understanding of paranorma-1 perception. o,, ' 'The physical paradoxes of ESP are severe, but even were a physical basis of ESP established, much would remain unknoim. In short-,$ prog--ess-in this araa my require not only increased understanding of 4.11 -e, physical basis of 'he phenomena, but also advances in cybernetics zad DeUrOPhYsiOlOU as Well- 2. The ideas of' Gossta de Beauregard forin the most auspicious point of departure for development of a physical understanding of ESP. These ideas rAxe favored because of their broad physical base , their use of . general information concepts, and because they contain a minimum of W 5,1 ad hoc assumptions. Although some elementary deductions are immedi.ately possible, this theoretical framework, is as yet insufficien.11y articulated. Additional analysis and calculation is needed -to explore detailed consequences of the basic general idea. Ex mon -peri- -tally verifiable predictions ana relations should be soiight, and the theory should be ecrutinized for guidclin3o'to rican'ingful expori ontal efforts. h Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 Approved, For Release 2000108/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 a rogram wou p Id ropr sent a firm rhYsically-based attempt to un~lcrs-'Lan(l some of tho mechanism of E,zP. but could not be e,1-jected to produce immediate results-.* 3'. For pTactio-al purposes-the investigption, and experimental verification of empirical regularities governing the occurrence, contentY and reliabilit7 of paranormal events should not be disdained. Although theory is almys valuable, it my 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 desirabie. 7he apparent spontaneity of these phenonena 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 attei-,Ipt to relate the phenomena to controling conJit4ons. ParapsycholoMr may a U have pplication provided such relationships exist on some level, even the level of total enpiricism. Regardless of the level of understanding of paranormal porception it is clear thqt infoniiation. derived by this means is incomplete, subject to error and distortion, and sometimes completely e:rroneous. In rmny cases the accuracy is amazirg, but complete errors are also frequent. A percipient may be unable to reliably estimate his Otni accul*acye Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 A, pproved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 Those inherent feat-u -Too raise the fondai:-,ontal problem of how such orratic information can be utilized. 11ow can the Output of paranorim-IL percepTion be assessed according to its completeness and/or.'~eliability so as to optimize its use and roinimize the effect of erroTs? The peci~Uar features of ESP derived information deDiand that these problems be -addressed if such information is to serve a useful function. SG11 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 Approve.d, For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 APPENDIX A Sumary and Critique of Each Paper Presented at the Conference Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 -rApproved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96700787ROO0200180002-1 _)Ij7:IjATTOI!3 011 P,IkR~1r',r7ST(I%T, 1. FL L P..77 1, w77.1 0,'; 7 C,I T, *T.,,) t%mn Mirris Wal'or., DrLL) Abordeon Provinl- Grouzids S T .2 Fff The oral talk consisted only of an outline -,U,,L-jr- 'as and results'. y of JO "4 Study of a written version (69 parses) of this taID: to.-other with previous papers referenced therein is required to evaluate the thinking of Dr. Walker. The written version of this talk e~p lains a theory of psi phenomena restirig upon several foundations: 1. A theory of consciousness developed by Dr. Walker (referenced but no t explained) in which trigZering of nerve synDpses is influenced by single quantum-level processes, and in which there are computed 3 basic rates of data processing in the brain, a.) Subconscioizs data rate 2.4(10) bi.ts/!7ec. b.) Conscious dota rate 7.5(10) bits/see. c.) Attention set or "will" drAn rate 3(10) bits/see. 2. The notion of "hidden variables" in quantum theory. These "hidden -rd qu, variables" Pre not present in standa nntuia thcoary., fnd are called "hidden" because they are inaccossible to direct mcasurencnt. There t-al ve-rific.-ation of necessity for sucli v.-iriablo-3 but is no experinen t1hey hove been conjectured solely for philosophical -)r logical r. D t i-,r or, The roll of those variables is to fix, the precise otitcome of a quan- tun, event (or iaeasiiro;-iont), nn -)W,.coi-,e uhich in standard quantum Itheory is only detori-,iincd in torms of its proIxability. The otitcomo of a 9.1.1an- tum event Taust be the same for all- observers regardless, of location or tine lanSe so "hiddon wiriables" potentially provide a con-inun-Ica- tion channel inlcpcn~llent of spncc an(] timo. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 3. The f~sscrkj U tion that the it1en1,-*L-3n cc' or data rate in the brain is the rnte at which 111ij.6clen variablo'l-gove:rned qu-ntum. proc -ses are influencing the mind., or at which the nind can -Lnflucnce quantum proc- esses. Such a Trdnd-riind or rund-objoct, link provides a "hidder. var- inble" theory of psi phenomena., suitnblo for telepatliy., clnirvoya lice. precognition, and PK. Since according to this theoi-y the "will" or paranormal data rate 3(10) bits/sec, is a very small fraction of the conscious data rate, 7.5(10 bits/sec,, -ri t -r -nn-rnnnrTnn1 cnrmitinn -jq n4rrf n "n'tr occur at random from either data rate permits a calctilation of the incidence of psi ability in an individual or a population. Fair agreement results. mi A detailed calculation is presented of the effect of quantum uncertainties in the initial position and velocity of a cubical die which botinces down an inclined plane. This e-perimon.tal situation an, plifies 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 these calculations, lenclin', credence to the bolief that PK opcratas by resolving quantLIM unc~ertainty. CRITIQUE: trir.1,,70ring of nerve synr%nscs 1. The somewhat dubious contention that 'he is a quantum process requires m3re substantiation. '117he aut'hor's ar- gum&nts leading to this contention,, tnou.c,,h published or reported,, are 4- V A like stnteri(-nt applies to his calculation mz no readily accessible. and interprotation of the three -Lundnm,~ntal d-ita rctes in the brain. All the aut,horls ideas form an interlocking system which has evoci'ved U ovor several yenrs To' secure accoptance, or even objective consid- Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 "Approved'For Release 2000/08110: CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 eration, these thoUr'lits should be combined into s4Ljjr,-l conci:-,e U and presentation, which 'he present paper is not. 2. 111idden variables are controversial and by no ine"ns form, a part of ac- cepted physic.-al theory. No compellinrf playsical evidence requires t -,-my unless psi plienoi,lena it-self constitutes such evidence. Invocntion of pVloical hidden wriables for a thoDry of consciousness is a radical assumption, justifiable only by successful results. 3. The theory has not yet predicted anything. The calculations of the Incirlence of psi ability, and of the influence of quantum uncertain- ties uDon dice rolling, show consistency v. experiment lbut do not test the fundamental assumntions of the thcor ahe former calcula- y tion depends only upon a single number (the ratio 1:10 and the latter is a physical calculation. 4. -Regardless of its validity'. Dr. Ualker Is theory is the most explic U, detailed,* and quantititive thcor~,r of psi phenomena presented at this conference; thoug1h perhaps not the mst f~indanicntal. U-P-11111,c s7)ne of -s are sufficiently Pxplicit to Pernit de- the other tapers its content tailed criticism and ewiluation, anc! to at least of for sone possibil- ities of experimental aSS(-3ST'-'ent. ved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 Appro Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 2. 117 '0.,-).- Gerald Feinberg, Depart-mant of Physics, Coluribia Univcrsity, 14eir York. S LP, '21 - ~k TZ The su_r,-.(Tcstion i3 nd-,roncec! that precognition m-iy be 'knowled;7(a of a future state of the pc-rcipient's mind rather than prior knowleClge of an objective state of the physical vorld. Tiiiis, memory where the nest state of the 2 inind is recalle6, precognition is perception of a future state of t'he mind. Professor Feinberg notes thnt the theory of c1cctrrtnaJTnetic radiotion, and other physical 'theories, in principle permits both ti-me, retarded D-nd tine ad- U U Y vanced solutions. The time advanced solutions w'nich propa~zate information from future to past are customarily excluded for the reason that they hf3ve not been observed exper-32.tientally. The possibility exists of soine small admixture of tiT,-,e advanced solution together with the dominant ti-rae retarded solution. In the c--)sc of electromaE~netic theory c-periments nrc presently testing this pos- U sibility to the accuracy of one part in 10 If one assiizmes t1lat the oll' mei~,-,ory., whatever it may be., likei-rise per-mits a ST-all admixtura of tire advanced solu-tiong as woll as -the usual tine retarded ones which we call nemory., we have the phenomena of occasional pre- cognition based upon perception of a Nture stato of the mind. Precognition of events is possible only if the percinient learns of -~he event at some time in the future. Miese specul-otions would receive c.-mcrimontal sub~jtantiation if prccog- nition is inf"luenced by tho sario factors or, influence Merory. C111TIQUE: B-ir,J cally a trivial pnper, containing one idea c-,ml ressed in -the titlc~ Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 '~MTC)" T'TT,"~PV' C.T.K. Charil Mndras Christit!n College, I.adras, India Professor Chari did not attend the conference. His pnpG~r read by Harold Puthoff. SLN-A'MARY: In addition to three types of conventional biol'ogic9l infor-,-~,ation; 1. ge- natic, 2.) environmentally conditioned., and 3.) symbolic and recorded corinuri- 4. cation; the author postulates a 4th type of information network., the psi-net- work. The lo.gic of this network would be non-DooLean. Undcrstandincgr the -psi network roy require use of recently proposed concepts in the quantum theory of measurement and in information theory. CRITIQUE: A paper 1,Titton in the conte-.--t of p1hilosophy and formal logic withoutl however, a clear internal orgrani7,ation. It provide3 no theory clear enough for experimental verification or furthe.- develo,.pment. 'Die principal value of the paper is its nu-merous citations of recent worl: in the philosophy of quan- tum mechanics and in information theory. Indeed ti2is paper reads like an over- abbreviated review nrticle. .Since C.T.K. Chari did not attend the conference he read vdvanced drafts of Boma of the presented p3pcYs and submitted a written vers.-I.on of his r(-.,'Ic- tions to them entitled: An Indian Parapsycholo,gist's Reactions to the Geneva Conference on "Quantum Physics and Paraprycnoloc-j" -'Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 X S ATT-11) A7 STOU,EtS, 7,,11070,J T!-FPT RUANTMM rA FA DO Tj Tj!T,07-,!'~,kTTC)Tj Go 0. Costa do Boaiircgard., Inst-itut Henri Poincare', Paris, France Me problems of relativity, time roversibility, ana entropy increase lead to consideration of measurement processes in the context of information theory. A measurement 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,, JJ~ or a perceptual process. An entropy increasing process is dissipati~ ve and' dicsiDation is a renuirement of manrnqonni f- nnii~nl 1 t.-,,r 1+T)n -nn"mn I sense of past determining the future or., equivalently, retarded waves. The author proposes the reverse process an ordering process) whereby pre-eydsting inforination is converted into order., a process which occurs whenever any conceptual scho-me is actualized to produce macroscopic oi,der. Ordering decreases entropy. An entropy decreasing process-is the reverse of dissipative and implies macroscopic acausality (or finalit-) in the sense of the futuxe situation determining the past,, or advanc-d waves. Both processes, which were foreshadowed in Aristotle's thin],in can be represented by the two chains of equivalence: 14eastiroTneiit-,,In,-"Orination Inform a*tion-;> Ordering Entropy Increase Entropy Decrease Dissipation Anti-Dissipation V-1, I +V Retardcd I-1ave Advanced 1-haves Past to n),turc Puture to Past 2, Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 Althour.,h de fncto the first colur:-ii prodori-Linatos in natural microscopic S) the inverse process of the second colu-nin is a thooreticai processe Possibility and indeed must also occur. At the microscopic level of elementary quantum processes one might expect a syru, notry between the two si-ailar to the other m.=ctries of microscopic physics tine columns charge conjugation, etc.). Since probability plays a central reversal, 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 c0 -ious info2-mation to control a quan'Mm process and telepathy by the lin1hod outcome of quantum i-reasiiri-hg processes. Basically these considerations are su=aarized in the statement that the -~mve function of quantum mechanics propagates probabilities. It is not a physical field which propagates., but rather an information field. CRITIQUE: -Though scarcely providing an explicit theory, this paper hews closely It provides a theoretical framework to established physical.undarstandin.g,, I which not only may coniaect observed ES" effects x-rith quantiaft mechanics., but w1iich also places ESP in the very general context of information theo"Y. Who tever else it may be or may involve, ESP does deal wi t h theory ma information. In addition the paper points up how information y deap- -physical principles. This is a provocative paper., underlio some very rhaps the most profound E~ discussion at the conference. It may C P porlaups formulate a general foundation upon which could be built an rible physical theory of ESP. intolliL Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 APproved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 A','D ()TA*,'rT' 5. V.A. Firsoff~ Roy~il Astronomical Sociel-" London En7land SU'll-LARY: T11is paper usses the ideas c)T-res-scd by lonod (Jacques lbnocl C-hf-ICO 3!1-1 Pecessit 1972 as a framewDr'c fo-,, the tilelpe t1lat Tl-cnLal proc- esses have a fundamental role in nature which c,?nnot ble understood on the basis of classical ineclianism logic of the excluded raiddle cyl-)ernetic models or any other convent-ional ways of tl,inlcin-. Iluircrous illustrative e.-mrples are citeq to support th -is assertion. Life is too rare and strnnge a phenomenon to be explicable in terms of st, Its characteristics o-f atistic,!l probability. genetic invariance coupled with dynamic evolutionAadapta-bility indicate a d-f- rective force of mental type. Visual perception nay use only a few photons, and neural processes in the br21n r3re sufficiently sensitive to respond to quantum effects. In turn PK OXOCTiTnents have de-monstrated mental influence upon radioactive decay, a quantum, process. Thus there is a deep and n.')' understood) connection betlereen life, viental processes., and quantum physics. CRITIQUE Pot precisely an objective paper but rat"-r C-.-PrOSSiVC Of the author's sense of he mysteries of n.-ture, awe and wonderment a' tr citing C%-amnles of Ll- explicable processes and weaving some possible general implications from thon. Basic-illy a philosoWiic,,)l es7,-,,., more lucid than mnny,, but ofj'crinry no tostable hypotlieses nor firm points of ~Ieparture for sull,scoucrnt, analysis. -Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 E','TFZ,)P7 "T -7 P, sq~ Herold PLIthOff and RUSSOll Tf!~Ogj SRI, "rinlo Park, C21ifornia 17T7 -1 T~ or 'Tr. -, 1~~T 7. REj',OT1'1.J_!,!T-7GT F r; RuSsoll Targ and Harold Puthoffy UZI, llcnlo Pciric., California Both of these papers describe cicoerimental tests with gifted paragnosts. The first describes PK eyperimcnts influencin," sorhisticated playsical instru- nents, and the second describes extrasensory perception of reriote targevs in such detail as to imply high rates of data trans-ussion. No detaile,3. sumLrv--1rr is tecossary since the papers are ex-perimental and the descriptions are clear. Some general features of PK and speculitions about its nature are given in the first paper, to wit: PK plienonena -ore close to noise level and a7-,pcar to derive thei2 en erEY from mobilization of r,-nc3oin thermal enerpy. 2. Results seem to unpear as a result of coincidence rather than of specific cause. PK-Dhenomena are intrinsically spontD-neous anri hard to produce on cue. Close control ond obscrwition inhibit 'U'le phenomena. Phenomena arc In i-m to occur on Vie nicrosco-ic quantum level which are similar to observed PK phenomena. CRTTIQUE Pelief in the e--nerinontal result-, depcwds unon confidence in the inte- rity and skill of the eyperimeiiters. The results dr,,scri'~ed, if valid, estab, lish 'lie exis-'-ence of 'lie -ohonomena E~nd are a first step to-,tird cstnblishing its -oattcrrs. 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L0 7 AT .1 r) -TF P,--,l TT!T-!-uIC -TOT 9. -,,A T,O,...IC..,,Ty Cr Ilelmut Schmidt., The Institute for Parapsi, choloZy. Durhom, T.Iort-h Carolina SUI,2-!ArLY: An empirical description of psi phenoinona is proposed whor , , ein a psi source stren.r.,th is defined as a 'multiplicative factor apl)lied to the ra-tio of apriori ro babilities for randon, events. 71aus psi can chan-e relative probobilities p of evonts. Different experiments can be conceived as chains of random events., and whether an event occurs in the chain or not can depend upon preiious events iii the chain. Various experimental structures are proposed which could serve to te3t the consistency of this model. Psi sources colild be superimposed to test the linear addition of weak psi effects, multiple stimulati.on of the. -psi source an anInate object ) could bn test,e~l, and various logical connectivities can be constru3ted to test equivalonce o:C PK, precotynition, etc. CRITI ILQUE: This empirical approach to the quantification of psi. effects is noti-- vated by Dr, Schuadt's succt-ssful e~T-crizi-,cnts in the psi'control of random quantum events. The approach furnishes no deep mechanisi-a or under s tanding, but can bo -very valu,~ble for sortin- the 1wrical consistency of Taoclels. Vhiether these specific ideas prove consistent by sur-,riving further experimen- Lhe general amroach of emnirical quantification in the tal cliecks or not U U - context of a simple lo,,,,ical structure seems quite appropriate and reasonalble at the present sta~7,c of unoerstandinJ, of psi phenomena. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 -.Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 T- 11"'! 0', '7r, T TY3 A 0 1 T.%', '71- Te a Bostin CW111)"id-P luanruage ;-LC,C~qrc.1J Unit Cambrj.dge This p3per refers to, 1.)ut does not jcscri~)O ill deta structure wi-,icli is undor development by t~ic autlor. The mathomatical mo~,el h in has as its object., no F~ less than a ninment of a fundamental theory under- U 3-Ying 2_1_1 o bj e.cts and phenomena. It hopes to dorivc Mich things as elcrientnry particles and their characteristics, as vroll as the very structure of space and time. DesDite the occ,.qsional nention in t~ie paper of' rnore conventional physical ideas, the chain of sDoculativc lo,*ic remains ol,.scure. Lit'10 eX- U plicit mention is =_de of' parap:-,'~ choloTy. Z~ C_TTI',)TJE Ti2is paper is so coni'l-isin- to tulle roade;~ as to prove-,-~t any elfect-1-:%re evaluation, other tla;ln to record the imprcss1on that such speculations nre not only disorgonized but very remote from convontional physical theory. Their lation to.parapsycliolo~Zr is at pr(-scnt extremely 'Genuolis althou,,h the au- U-ir -f' t,)e ull ate motivation thor's interest in pnrapcycholo- o y T for his thinking. lit the conference Dr. ~~Qstin circulatue'l a priper., wil.thout Porn--itting copies of it to be node. 7iis nn-nor) 1-y N,astcd, !Vxi, 3astin, nnd 01PO-nn and datcd June 2~1, 1'_)'//4-, ill I 1191r-ti O!D~Icrlption of c.,perimonts w1th ri . a Cei.7er c~)untcr kporhaps ',),.,r Geller. Geller's QlAlity to no(lily cotints o' L control of electr; c-l curro--,ts in the C01~71tCr S')C11), to 1,cnd and to bend molyb~enun dis-3 i-, reporter]. 002-1 Approved For Release 2000108110: CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180 PARTICIPANTS TED IkSTIN, Cinibrid;-le I-inguage 11cscarch Unit Cambridge, England -isti. C. T. K. CHARI, Madras Chi -in College Madi-as, India 0. COSTA DF 135F.AUREGATID, 11)StitUt 11MI-i P0111C3r6 Paris, France Gr~RALD F)AN11F nG, Columbia University New'York, U.S.A. V. A. FIRSOrF, Royn] A~tronomical Society and London, Di1g], 1-JAROLD PUTIlOrF, St,111fOrd IZCSC,1rC11 Institute Menlo Park, California. U.S.A. HrLMUT Scjimm-r, The Institute for Parapsychology Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. Russni.i. TARG, Stanford J\'escarch Institute Menlo Park, California, U.S.A. EVAN Mmuus W,%mmt, 13,allistic Rcscarch Laboratories Aberdeen Proving Ground, 'Maryland, U.S.A. J. Ii. M. WHITE.-MAN, Ullk-CBity Of C,11)0 TOW11 CapeTown, South Afric. a OBSERVERS ARTITUR KOESTLER, London, England 'AD10, RO111C, It,-Ily EMILIO SY:R\ CHARLES PANATI, 'N lew Yorh, U.S.A. PAkAPSYCHOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC. EILLEN COLY-PITSidClIt ALLMN ANGOU--Chlit'131~-111 Domestic and Intcrnational Pro-rams RODLI(T It. COLY-Administrativc Sucrctary PROGRAM 23RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE La Reserve, Genova, SwificrIand -27, 1974 August 26 QUANTUM T'HYSICS AND P.A.PLAPSYCHOLOGY PARAPSYCHOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC. 29 West 57fh Street, Now York, N. Y. 10019 Appro'Ved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 .,,,Approv ed For Release 2000108110: CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1 DAY ONE-ty'Jonday, Augirsf DAY TWO-Tuesday, Augusf 27 26 9:00 A.M. Introduction Allan An-off 9:00 A.M. "Physics, Entropy and Greetings Eileen Coly Psychokinesis" Harold Puthoff and RusscU Targ 9:15 A.1M. "Foundations of Paraphysical and Paraps),chological 10:00 A.M. "Rernote Viewing of Phenomena" Evan Harris Natural Targets'.' Russell Targ and Walker Harold P111111off 10: 15 A.M. "Precognition-A Nfemory of Thiligs Futul.c?" Gerald 11:00 A.M. ITItCrMiSSion Feinberg 11: 15 A.M. Intcrinission I 1.: 15 A.M. "Parapsychology as an nalytico-Deduclive A 11:30 A.IM. "Parapsychology, Qunnturn Science" J. 11. M. Whiteman Logic and Information Theory" C. T. K. Chari (Read by'liarold Puthoff) 12:15-2:30 i,.Ni. Reccis-Lunch 12:30-2:45 P.m. Rccess-Lunch 2:30 j,.m. "A Logically Consistent Modcl of a World with Psi lntcract~on" Helmut Schmidt -.2:45 P.m. "Quantum Paradoxes and Aristotle's Twofold 3:30 P.m. "Connections between Events Inforniation Concept" in the Context of the 0. Costa de 13cauregard Cornbinatorial "Modcl for a Quantum Proccss Ted Bastin 3:45 i,.m. "Life and Quantum Physics" V. A. Firsoff 4:30 P.,m. Intermission 4:45 P..m. Recess-I'LcIredimcnis 4:45-6:00 P.m. Round Table Discussion Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-00787ROO0200180002-1