Richard Wiseman, psychologist, magician, and author of The Luck Factor, Quirkology and 59 Seconds, is just wrapping up what must surely be the first ever experiment on psychic power, remote viewing, and location awareness on twitter.
The experiment went as follows. Once a day, Wiseman would go to some undisclosed location. Once he was there, he'd announce this fact, and ask people for their general perceptions about the place. Then, 30 minutes later, he'd post 5 photos of places. Participants were asked to pick which one he was at. An hour later, he's disclose the actual location.
He's undoubtedly going to take some time to crunch the numbers before releasing the findings, but I can't wait to see what came of it.
Within the universe of psychic ability, I wonder if 'location awareness' is already a designated specialty, and if physical proximity (or perhaps social proximity online) might have any impact of success rates? I don't think 'current location' was on Wiseman's demographic survey, but he could surely analyze the social graph after the fact for proximity.
Great article. Since the government spent millions of dollars on remote viewing, I am sure his findings will be interesting.
Posted by: Tana Hoy | September 25, 2009 at 03:43 PM