astro
July 4, 2004, 5:11pm
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Scientists have found evidence to suggest we do have a sixth sense and can tell when we are being watched
IF you have ever felt that someone is watching you, sending prickles up your neck, it might not have been just your imagination. Scientists have found evidence to suggest we do have a sixth sense and can tell when we are being watched, even through CCTV. This shows humans could have paranormal powers, say researchers at Germany’s Freiberg University.
Dr Stefan Schmidt and his team carried out two experiments a thousand times and believe they have finally proved the reality of the sixth sense. The first, called “remote staring”, consisted of a volunteer in a sealed room watching a second volunteer in another room via CCTV. The second volunteer was hooked up to electrodes which recorded the “prickle” or electrical activity of the skin. This was compared when the volunteer was or was not being watched.
In the second experiment, called “direct mental interaction”, the first volunteer concentrated on making the second feel uncomfortable or relaxed from within the sealed cell. The German team used a complex statistical scale to grade the studies according to reliability and paranormal effect recorded.
In other experiments, the starer tried to make the other feel either uncomfortable or relaxed. Again, the electronic monitor proved repeatedly that it could be done.
Wherein lies the general question?
Q.E.D
July 4, 2004, 5:18pm
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No.
Oh, sorry, what was the question again?
Upon peer review, the evidence is unconvincing!
Yep, you’re in a porn video.
astro
July 4, 2004, 5:37pm
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Sorry…
Is there any other scientific proof that this is an empirically verifiable phenomenom? It seems like a pretty simple experiment to set up and verify.
Damn it, beat me to it. I guess I’ll go with, “Boss is looking over your shoulder again.”
From the abstract of the journal itself:
Abstract: Findings in parapsychology suggest an effect of distant intentionality. Two laboratory set-ups explored this topic by measuring the effect of a distant intention on psychophysiological variables. The ‘Direct Mental Interaction in Living Systems’ experiment investigates the effect of various intentions on the electrodermal activity of a remote subject. The ‘Remote Staring’ experiment examines whether gazing by an observer covaries with the electrodermal activity of the person being observed. Two meta-analyses were conducted. A small significant effect size (d =.11, p = .001) was found in 36 studies on ‘direct mental interaction’, while a best-evidence-synthesis of 7 studies yielded d = .05 (p = .50). In 15 remote staring studies a mean effect size of d = 0.13 (p = .01) was obtained. It is concluded that there are hints of an effect, but also a shortage of independent replications and theoretical concepts.
Note* bolding mine–sc
Given the final sentence in the abstract, it’s almost hard for me to believe that it got published.
So–your “boss” is kinda kinky, is he? :eek:
ouryL
July 4, 2004, 6:47pm
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Bear_Nenno:
Upon peer review, the evidence is unconvincing!
Ambiguous but significant?
There have been plenty of studies like this one. None have ever found evidence of such a sixth sense.
Why would this study be different?
It probably means you’re facing the wrong way.
Depends on what “wrong” is.