| Titel: | An experiment proposed to test exchange of mental entropy in telepathy |
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| Autor: | Lovland, P |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of Indian Psychology |
| Jahr: | 1997 |
| Band: | 15 |
| Heft: | 1 - 2 |
| Seiten: | 31 - 43 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Abstract: | Proposes an experiment in card guessing by telepathy, based on the hypothesis that mental entropy, which carries the paranormal message, is emitted by the agent due to ordering, and received by the percipient due to disordering of mental images. (Mental entropy is considered to be energy as in classical thermodynamics.) In the experiment, the score of the percipient would be registered as excess hits over chance and as amount of transmitted information. The mental entropy assumed to be emitted by the agent is proportional to the increase of information content when focusing on one out of several alternative cards. In this way the amount of emitted entropy can be calculated quantitatively. If the score of the percipient improves with increasing amount of entropy, the hypothesis seems likely. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved) |