Random Event Generator (REG) Outcomes in Baltimore City/Lexington Market Underground Ghost Expedition 2017: Evidence of a Consciousness Bridge and Signature?
Graphical display of Random Event Generator (REG) experiment results captured by Maryland Paranormal Research ® at the Lexington Market Underground
Random Event Generators (REGs) are statistical devices commonly employed in parapsychology to test mind-matter interactions, specifically microscopic psychokinesis (micro-pk) activity.
REGs generate a random walk from a sequence of 200-bit trials per second of binary [0,1] events. [The device flips a coin 200 times per second.]
The bits are generated by random or unpredictable fluctuations in voltages as electrons tunnel through a barrier in a diode. High and low voltage samples are converted into 1 and 0 bits
The expected average from 200-bit trials having 0 or 1 outcomes is 100. Actual averages will be higher (or lower) than 100. The difference between an actual and the expected average is termed an “error”
A simple random walk is obtained by cumulating the errors (or normalized errors) from each series of bit trials. For some purposes, e.g. “goodness of fit” statistics, it is convenient to compute the cumulative error squared
REGs also display a parabolic boundary at the 95% confidence level. Hence random walks have a 1 in 20 chance of ending outside parabola bounds
At Princeton University, REGs were used to study global consciousness fields as part of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) program spanning nearly three decades. This global network of REGs is now managed by the Global Consciousness Project (GCP).
The Lexington Market Underground Ghost Expedition 2017 REG experiment ran continuously for nearly four hours inclusive of audio and direct radio voice (DRV) communication sessions.
The epoch for the experiment commenced 3:21 pm and ended 7:19 pm on Oct 8, 2017. The REG experiment exhibited random walk trending that was almost entirely below baseline levels. Overall the REG experiment delivered a medium Z score (-0.636) that was statistically significant at the 26% level (in a one tailed test), indicating on balance higher than chance levels of psi functioning
However, there was a outdoor festival type event that had occurred in the early evening hours adjacent to the Lexington Market Underground. Communication efforts were ended due to the volume of external music and crowd noise and the echo-chamber acoustics in the underground
Before the festival event there had been sustained trending well below baseline for nearly a three hour period. The lowest Z score (-2.430) during this interval was statistically significant below the 1% level (in a one tailed test). This would seem to indicate that psi-functioning was strongly beyond chance before the break-off in engagement
The effects of disengagement might be seen in the apparent upward drift in REG trending toward baseline, which continued through the close of the expedition. This may have represented a “decline effect.”
This is not a decline effect in the traditional parapsychological sense of a lowering in effect sizes, but moreso a decline in psi functioning arising from lower engagement
These outcomes lend support for indications of implicit psi during the Lexington Market Underground Ghost Expedition 2017. They are consistent with REG results such as in the Dundalk and Brunswick ghost expeditions conducted subsequent to the Lexington Market Underground. The psi functioning is implicit, working on subliminal or unconscious levels. The conscious focus of participants is on the engagement itself
It is not possible to precisely know the sources of psi functioning (or field effects) on the REG, whether it is from post-mortem or living agencies (e.g. experiment participants and/or experimenters themselves).
REG results in isolation can’t provide evidence of a haunting. A haunting involves recurring activity experienced in varied physical forms seemingly sourced to post-mortem agencies, appearing to have an affinity for a location or parts of a location
Instead REG results may be conservatively interpreted as a consciousness effect that at least bears some relation to efforts to communicate with post-mortem agencies, the attention and focus given to that communication, and perhaps from the communications themselves
The outcomes seen here are not unlike those encountered when REGs are positioned near sporting and concert events, where implicit psi from crowd engagement and attention appears to drive REG trending
The direction of bit scoring or trending in REGs is not fully understood and requires continuing experimentation
Various studies suggest it may be correlated with: goal orientation or intention; emotional states; the (psychological) valence of events; the extent of attention and focus; and innate psi ability
In linguistics and the semantic framing around graphs, "up" is considered "good" and "down" is considered "bad." This kind of meaning, while natural, may not fit all circumstances affecting above or below baseline REG trending
If sustained REG downtrends were a signature for post-mortem agency (ghosts), this would imply that low-voltage sampling/scoring is somehow easier for this form of agency. However that is an unknown
Until more is known, the statistical significance of a trend perhaps matters more than its direction
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Random Event Generator (REG) Outcomes in Baltimore County/Dundalk Historic District Ghost Expedition: Support for a Consciousness Bridge? (2017, Oct 5). Maryland Paranormal Research ®
Random Event Generator (REG) Outcomes in Frederick County/Brunswick Heritage Museum Ghost Expedition 2017: Evidence of Psi Functioning? (2017, Oct 20). Maryland Paranormal Research ®
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Maryland Paranormal Research ®. (2017, Oct 8). Lexington Market Underground: Abandoned Restaurant. © Maryland Paranormal Research ®. All rights reserved.
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