Email telepathy experiment, anyone?

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

In another thread, we have been discussing Sheldrake and Smart's email telepathy experiments:

http://www.sheldrake.org/papers/Telepathy/email_telepathy.html

It would be fairly simple to set up a replication experiment among a few of us JREFers. Is anyone game?

~~ Paul

[dsmith]

Is anyone game? ~~ Paul

I'm game. Let me know what I need to do.

[Metullus]

I'm in.

[SezMe]

I'm in.

I hope that's not violating Metullus' copyrights. :)

[listener]

Sure, I'll try it.

[arthwollipot]

Count me in.

[Professor Yaffle]

Me too.

[brettDbass]

If you can send me the instructions psychically, I'm in. ;)

[Lothian]

If you can send me the instructions psychically, I'm in. ;)Ok, sent. If you haven't recieved them sorry you are not suitable.

[matt_magic]

One way to minimize delays and clock drift is to let all participants use the same online mail provider (Hotmail, Gmail...) with accounts they set up just for the experiment.

/primus

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Okay then, we have enough participants. If any more of you want to join in, just post here.

Good idea to use Hotmail or Gmail accounts, Matt.

I'll work on a protocol over the next few days. Each of you needs to post your best times for participation. If we do, say, four trials each session, you'll need 40 minutes available. Post your best times in both your local time zone and GMT.

~~ Paul

[CFLarsen]

I want in, too!!

[cj.23]

I'm in if you want me, GMT+1. :)

cj x

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Everyone should realize that we'll never be able to publish this study, because there will be no safeguards against cheating except for us ratting on each other.

Post your locations and best times this way:

I am in Carlisle, Massachusetts, USA
Best times:
10:00 EST, 14:00 GMT
20:00 EST, 00:00 GMT

Here's how to find GMT: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

~~ Paul

[Professor Yaffle]

Sorry, going to have to pull out. Just remembered I'm going to be away quite a bit over the next few eeks, so difficult to pin down times.

[Locknar]

If still open, I'm in....

I'm in Prince Frederick Maryland, USA
Best times: Any evening, 1700EST - 2300EST (2100GMT - 0300GMT)

[SezMe]

Santa Barbara, California, USA
1300 PST, 2000 GMT
2400 PST, 0700 GMT

[dsmith]

Columbus, Ohio, USA
20:00-23:00 EST,24:00-0300 GMT

[Beth]

Best time for me to make or receive is 7:00 to 7:30 CST (12:00 to 12:30 GMT).

I could receive calls during 8:00 to 11:00 CST (13:00 to 16:00 GMT) but not make them. My employer forbids making personal long distance calls on their line.

[Metullus]

I'm in.

I hope that's not violating Metullus' copyrights. :)
Yes. Yes it is.

You'll be hearing from my attorneys. Just as soon, that is, as they are done helping Uri with his copyright battles...

ETA:

Sonoma County, California

0900 PST, 1600 GMT
2000 PST, 0300 GMT

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

I could receive calls during 8:00 to 11:00 CST (13:00 to 16:00 GMT) but not make them. My employer forbids making personal long distance calls on their line.
We're going to do an email telepathy experiment, not telephone telepathy. Does that change your best times?

~~ Paul

[Elizabeth I]

Me too if there's room!

Best times are 1900 to 2100 Central Daylight Time, 0400 to 0600 GMT (I hope I figured that out right, since I understand GMT doesn't go on daylight savings.)

[listener]

I could do this just about any time. For no particular reason, I'll pick 10:00 MST (1700 GMT).

[SezMe]

listener, Paul needs a range, not a point in time.

[Jeff Corey]

Have no hotmail or g.mail accounts. Never heard of them. Sorry.

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Have no hotmail or g.mail accounts. Never heard of them. Sorry.
Not to worry, Jeff. I had neither, either, but it took two minutes to create a Gmail account. Don't let that stop you. :D

~~ Paul

[cj.23]

I am in Oxford, England, UK (this week - subject to change)
I can make myself available at any time required - have alarm clock, will sleep by pc if necessary.

cj x

[Beth]

We're going to do an email telepathy experiment, not telephone telepathy. Does that change your best times?

~~ Paul

Yes. Drop the 7:00 to 7:30 CST. The 8 to 11 CST time is still okay and I could be either sender or receiver for email. I'm also usually available during the afternoons, but not always, which is why I didn't list it.

[Z]

Oh great. With all the psychic transmissions and skeptical anti-psi waves being generated during this experiment, you guys are going to make it VERY hard for the telepaths to maintain communcation during this time.



Well, good luck.

[listener]

Change mine to 10 A.M. MST through 11 P.M. MST

I have Yahoo email. Will that work? Do I need to get another account?

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Listener, run an experiment on your Yahoo email account. Compose a message to yourself and note the time. Wait five minutes before sending it, also noting the time. Then, once you receive the email, make sure the time of the message is the time you sent it, not the time you composed it. If so, then you should be fine.

~~ Paul

[listener]

Thanks Paul. I did the Yahoo experiment, made an adjustment to my time, and now it works. Also, I should tell you that I have a Mac. Will that work with your software?

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

No special software involved. The entire experiment is just a matter of us sending emails to one another, with one of us recording the results.

~~ Paul

[arthwollipot]

I'm in, 0900 - 1700 AEST (2300 - 0700 GMT). I can't get access to gmail or any other external service provider at work and don't have reliable access at home.

Also, work is kinda busy, so a response may be a little delayed. You'll have to notify me telepathically when you send me an email so that I know it's there. :) Shall I PM you my work address?

[Locknar]

What ever happened wrt this? Did it happen...canceled...pending??

[jimbob]

If the experiment was a success, the volunteers would have spontaneously accepted before seeing the post.

[T'ai Chi]

What are the results of this uncontrolled experiment?

[Mike D.]

It seems to me that there is a potential flaw in this experiment. Do any of you who are participating in it claim to have ever experienced email telepathy or to have experienced it regularly? Personally, I have never experienced anything that I thought involved email telepathy, so I would not volunteer to participate. What is the use of scientifically testing for an alleged ability that the test subjects do not even claim to have or to have ever experienced? Seems pretty worthless to me. Now, if you could find a group of people who claim to be email telepathy virtuosos, you could design a scientific test that could show if their claims to have this ability are real or not.

[arthwollipot]

I don't know - if someone tried to contact me by telepathy I never received it. No-one has contacted me by email.