1 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:09,720 [Music] 2 00:00:14,770 --> 00:00:13,150 well good evening this is a new 3 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:14,780 experience for me to talk to people 4 00:00:18,820 --> 00:00:17,090 after dinner sometimes I talk to people 5 00:00:19,359 --> 00:00:18,830 after lunch and that's when people fall 6 00:00:24,279 --> 00:00:19,369 asleep 7 00:00:28,109 --> 00:00:24,289 I hope this talk has a little bit 8 00:00:30,370 --> 00:00:28,119 different title in your program but I'm 9 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:30,380 it's basically going to be the same kind 10 00:00:35,350 --> 00:00:33,710 of thing I really am becoming more and 11 00:00:38,229 --> 00:00:35,360 more interested in the parallels that 12 00:00:39,549 --> 00:00:38,239 that seem to occur between what we've 13 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:39,559 been measuring in the global 14 00:00:44,980 --> 00:00:42,650 consciousness project and what we know 15 00:00:47,260 --> 00:00:44,990 about human consciousness now quite a 16 00:00:51,010 --> 00:00:47,270 number of you have heard me talk many 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:51,020 times but I need to give a very brief 18 00:00:57,430 --> 00:00:53,930 introduction to the global consciousness 19 00:00:59,530 --> 00:00:57,440 project basically it's a large-scale 20 00:01:02,800 --> 00:00:59,540 international collaboration there are 21 00:01:05,789 --> 00:01:02,810 usually around 100 people working or 22 00:01:08,530 --> 00:01:05,799 participating in one way or another 23 00:01:10,899 --> 00:01:08,540 friends and colleagues around the world 24 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:10,909 many people I haven't actually ever met 25 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:14,090 but I would love to we use the same kind 26 00:01:20,590 --> 00:01:16,490 of random event generator technologies 27 00:01:23,109 --> 00:01:20,600 used in laboratory experiments true 28 00:01:26,230 --> 00:01:23,119 random number generators that is not 29 00:01:30,069 --> 00:01:26,240 pseudo but physical random number 30 00:01:33,910 --> 00:01:30,079 generators what we do is look at global 31 00:01:36,459 --> 00:01:33,920 look at the data produced by a large 32 00:01:39,969 --> 00:01:36,469 number of these around 70 at the present 33 00:01:42,910 --> 00:01:39,979 time which are generating data every 34 00:01:45,819 --> 00:01:42,920 second and therefore creating parallel 35 00:01:48,190 --> 00:01:45,829 sequences of data in locations all 36 00:01:51,129 --> 00:01:48,200 around the world very much like the kind 37 00:01:54,819 --> 00:01:51,139 of network that Roland just talked about 38 00:02:01,510 --> 00:01:54,829 in fact we have now three and will soon 39 00:02:06,069 --> 00:02:01,520 have a couple of more GCP nodes exactly 40 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:06,079 where their GTI is setting up nodes the 41 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:08,810 question that we're asking is can we 42 00:02:12,370 --> 00:02:10,610 find any evidence of something that 43 00:02:14,860 --> 00:02:12,380 might be called global consciousness and 44 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:14,870 I know many of you would like me to 45 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:17,480 define the term basically what we wind 46 00:02:22,410 --> 00:02:20,510 up doing is what I think is properly 47 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:22,420 called an operational definition 48 00:02:28,530 --> 00:02:23,890 so I'll talk about that just a little 49 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:28,540 bit basically we look for events in the 50 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:30,490 world which we think will bring large 51 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:32,850 numbers of people together in a coherent 52 00:02:38,460 --> 00:02:36,970 or resonant manner may drive many people 53 00:02:40,350 --> 00:02:38,470 to feel the same emotions at the same 54 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:40,360 time and I'll give you a couple of 55 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:42,730 examples of that kind of thing 56 00:02:49,740 --> 00:02:45,910 and we predict that there will be 57 00:02:51,809 --> 00:02:49,750 changes in the output of quantum level 58 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:51,819 quantum base physical random number 59 00:02:58,170 --> 00:02:56,170 generators correlated with these special 60 00:03:00,930 --> 00:02:58,180 states that are shared by large numbers 61 00:03:03,090 --> 00:03:00,940 of people around the world driven by 62 00:03:05,190 --> 00:03:03,100 what we call global events so that's 63 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:05,200 kind of an operational definition the 64 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:08,730 global consciousness is supposed to be 65 00:03:15,690 --> 00:03:13,570 driven by major events affecting large 66 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:15,700 numbers of people and that in turn we 67 00:03:21,780 --> 00:03:18,310 expect will in some way correlate with 68 00:03:24,030 --> 00:03:21,790 what with the data that we're acquiring 69 00:03:27,449 --> 00:03:24,040 in parallel streams from this network 70 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:27,459 around the world long-winded basically 71 00:03:35,479 --> 00:03:31,810 is I I think I will wind up hoping to 72 00:03:37,740 --> 00:03:35,489 suggest that there is a kind of intercut 73 00:03:40,170 --> 00:03:37,750 interconnection among us which creates 74 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:40,180 something new which can might deserve 75 00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:43,000 the name of a global consciousness talk 76 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:45,310 a little bit more about it later this is 77 00:03:52,430 --> 00:03:48,730 a map google map where you can if you're 78 00:03:56,130 --> 00:03:52,440 online with the on the website you can 79 00:03:59,610 --> 00:03:56,140 point at one of those identifier points 80 00:04:02,069 --> 00:03:59,620 and discover who's running it what kind 81 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:02,079 of re G is being used and exactly where 82 00:04:08,690 --> 00:04:06,310 it is and so forth that map shows all 83 00:04:10,970 --> 00:04:08,700 the devices that ever have been 84 00:04:14,069 --> 00:04:10,980 contributing data and there have been 85 00:04:16,170 --> 00:04:14,079 quite a number over 13 years that we've 86 00:04:18,270 --> 00:04:16,180 been doing this which have contributed 87 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:18,280 for a while and then maybe a couple of 88 00:04:22,260 --> 00:04:20,470 years or and then something happened 89 00:04:27,719 --> 00:04:22,270 that made that one go out of service and 90 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:27,729 other one comes in what we are asking is 91 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:30,490 whether during major events like natural 92 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:32,950 disasters or terrible accidents that 93 00:04:36,119 --> 00:04:34,690 affect very large numbers of people and 94 00:04:38,969 --> 00:04:36,129 you know take over the 95 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:38,979 news headlines that sort of thing if a 96 00:04:44,459 --> 00:04:40,330 war starts if we have a great 97 00:04:47,429 --> 00:04:44,469 celebration like New Year's maybe we 98 00:04:49,979 --> 00:04:47,439 will find some kind of deviation from 99 00:04:53,820 --> 00:04:49,989 what random number generator should do 100 00:04:56,729 --> 00:04:53,830 during the period of time of they the 101 00:04:59,399 --> 00:04:56,739 celebrations at New Year's or political 102 00:05:05,070 --> 00:04:59,409 events and a variety of other kinds of 103 00:05:08,879 --> 00:05:05,080 things here's a particularly strong 104 00:05:11,999 --> 00:05:08,889 example this is unusually strong the 105 00:05:18,209 --> 00:05:12,009 period of time is a week no nine days 106 00:05:20,459 --> 00:05:18,219 with 9/11 September 11 2001 right in the 107 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:20,469 center of it and what we see on the left 108 00:05:25,290 --> 00:05:22,330 is the data presented the way we usually 109 00:05:28,350 --> 00:05:25,300 do a random walk it doesn't have any 110 00:05:33,149 --> 00:05:28,360 trend it's just taking a step upward or 111 00:05:35,999 --> 00:05:33,159 downward depending on the the aggregated 112 00:05:38,429 --> 00:05:36,009 data from all this all these random 113 00:05:40,589 --> 00:05:38,439 number generators during each second and 114 00:05:43,559 --> 00:05:40,599 then plotted as a function of time so 115 00:05:46,649 --> 00:05:43,569 the first few days you see nothing much 116 00:05:48,929 --> 00:05:46,659 is happening that looks unusual but I 117 00:05:53,159 --> 00:05:48,939 think it's just terribly obvious that 118 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:53,169 something unusual begins at around the 119 00:05:58,619 --> 00:05:56,800 time of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 it 120 00:06:01,469 --> 00:05:58,629 continues for more than two days and 121 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:01,479 this is extraordinary in our database at 122 00:06:06,209 --> 00:06:04,240 the time that we examined this there was 123 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:06,219 no other day in the database that even 124 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:11,110 began to look like this we have many 125 00:06:18,029 --> 00:06:13,300 other kinds of measures that we can look 126 00:06:20,309 --> 00:06:18,039 at and now a second example is a 127 00:06:22,350 --> 00:06:20,319 different kind of measure in this case 128 00:06:25,409 --> 00:06:22,360 we're looking at the variance among 129 00:06:27,779 --> 00:06:25,419 those devices which are operating at a 130 00:06:29,929 --> 00:06:27,789 given time and usually we look at the 131 00:06:32,189 --> 00:06:29,939 frequency I mean at the data 132 00:06:35,069 --> 00:06:32,199 second-by-second so we look at the 133 00:06:36,659 --> 00:06:35,079 variance among the devices in during one 134 00:06:38,189 --> 00:06:36,669 second and the next second and 135 00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:38,199 accumulate that data over a longer 136 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:40,990 period of time this is looking at new 137 00:06:44,790 --> 00:06:43,089 years and that picture just shows you 138 00:06:47,939 --> 00:06:44,800 what the data how we put the day 139 00:06:48,770 --> 00:06:47,949 together so we can combine all the time 140 00:06:52,190 --> 00:06:48,780 zones 141 00:06:55,610 --> 00:06:52,200 and all the years and so forth and here 142 00:06:58,610 --> 00:06:55,620 is one year which I chose I selected 143 00:07:02,659 --> 00:06:58,620 this data selection for it's very sharp 144 00:07:04,310 --> 00:07:02,669 and clear pattern it's not like quite as 145 00:07:07,340 --> 00:07:04,320 strong as that every year but what you 146 00:07:10,010 --> 00:07:07,350 see is a 30 minute period beginning 15 147 00:07:12,260 --> 00:07:10,020 minutes before you and this variance 148 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:12,270 measure should be around zero it begins 149 00:07:17,870 --> 00:07:14,730 to drop a few minutes before it bottoms 150 00:07:20,810 --> 00:07:17,880 out exactly at midnight and then comes 151 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:20,820 back up and becomes normal again here is 152 00:07:26,030 --> 00:07:23,490 the combination over the past 13 new 153 00:07:28,310 --> 00:07:26,040 years the pattern is a little less clear 154 00:07:33,409 --> 00:07:28,320 but I think it's all still obvious that 155 00:07:35,659 --> 00:07:33,419 the the the data the variance drops down 156 00:07:37,310 --> 00:07:35,669 to a lower level it's almost as if the 157 00:07:40,750 --> 00:07:37,320 system becomes a little more calm as 158 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:40,760 people come together join together 159 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:44,010 prepare themselves to lift a glass or 160 00:07:52,670 --> 00:07:49,650 hug somebody right at midnight a lot of 161 00:07:55,130 --> 00:07:52,680 the examples that we a lot of the events 162 00:07:59,360 --> 00:07:55,140 we look at point to certain kinds of 163 00:08:01,370 --> 00:07:59,370 emotions as being maybe more important 164 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:01,380 than other words and and one of the most 165 00:08:04,940 --> 00:08:02,610 important of those seems to be 166 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:04,950 compassion I'll show you a little bit 167 00:08:13,340 --> 00:08:07,650 more precise version of that statement 168 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:13,350 shortly but I also think that it's that 169 00:08:19,250 --> 00:08:15,510 we're beginning to get to the point 170 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:19,260 where we can talk about what is made of 171 00:08:23,630 --> 00:08:21,510 why are these random number generators 172 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:23,640 changing the answer is by no means 173 00:08:29,810 --> 00:08:27,330 complete yet but the best models that we 174 00:08:31,670 --> 00:08:29,820 have found so far to fit the data and 175 00:08:35,029 --> 00:08:31,680 across several different parameters that 176 00:08:37,430 --> 00:08:35,039 can be measured or something like fields 177 00:08:41,089 --> 00:08:37,440 not electromagnetic fields there are 178 00:08:42,170 --> 00:08:41,099 good reasons to assert and there's 179 00:08:45,490 --> 00:08:42,180 evidence that it can't be 180 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:45,500 electromagnetic fields but maybe and 181 00:08:51,829 --> 00:08:49,130 there we can be talking about 182 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:51,839 information fields I actually like the 183 00:08:55,490 --> 00:08:53,490 idea of consciousness field but even 184 00:08:59,210 --> 00:08:55,500 information fields are not well-defined 185 00:09:02,460 --> 00:08:59,220 so far I hope they will be soon this is 186 00:09:05,189 --> 00:09:02,470 a picture of all the events up to 187 00:09:07,860 --> 00:09:05,199 a few days ago in May there are three 188 00:09:10,470 --> 00:09:07,870 hundred and sixty five or six something 189 00:09:16,110 --> 00:09:10,480 like that and what you see here is just 190 00:09:18,929 --> 00:09:16,120 a scatterplot of the terminal value for 191 00:09:22,079 --> 00:09:18,939 each of those that is the you know the 192 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:22,089 composite for the event a single number 193 00:09:26,850 --> 00:09:24,730 each of those dots represents one event 194 00:09:30,689 --> 00:09:26,860 and you can see the range is pretty big 195 00:09:33,269 --> 00:09:30,699 the expectation is the black dotted line 196 00:09:34,710 --> 00:09:33,279 the grand mean isn't very far separated 197 00:09:37,829 --> 00:09:34,720 from that so probably doesn't look 198 00:09:41,579 --> 00:09:37,839 terribly impressive perhaps but those of 199 00:09:44,519 --> 00:09:41,589 you do statistics are aware of the power 200 00:09:47,939 --> 00:09:44,529 of n and what we actually have here is a 201 00:09:50,129 --> 00:09:47,949 z score of more than six as it's a six 202 00:09:54,780 --> 00:09:50,139 sigma result the sort of thing that 203 00:09:56,189 --> 00:09:54,790 people in physics believe is a good 204 00:09:58,610 --> 00:09:56,199 starting point for believing there's 205 00:10:00,799 --> 00:09:58,620 something real in their experiments 206 00:10:04,439 --> 00:10:00,809 here's a different way of looking at it 207 00:10:10,049 --> 00:10:04,449 this is using a cumulative deviation 208 00:10:12,030 --> 00:10:10,059 plot a positive deviation if the score 209 00:10:15,299 --> 00:10:12,040 for one event is positive and a negative 210 00:10:17,460 --> 00:10:15,309 deviation following that so you get a 211 00:10:19,710 --> 00:10:17,470 progressive sum of the deviations and 212 00:10:23,610 --> 00:10:19,720 that I think probably looks a good deal 213 00:10:27,269 --> 00:10:23,620 more impressive okay a lot of people 214 00:10:28,799 --> 00:10:27,279 want to know about control data there 215 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:28,809 are a number of ways we can do that but 216 00:10:34,019 --> 00:10:31,240 I'll show you a picture of the kind of 217 00:10:36,629 --> 00:10:34,029 control data I think is best you can do 218 00:10:39,269 --> 00:10:36,639 resampling of the data that don't have 219 00:10:42,629 --> 00:10:39,279 events in it about 98% of the data 220 00:10:44,819 --> 00:10:42,639 aren't used in our formal test so we 221 00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:44,829 sample that many times with events an 222 00:10:49,710 --> 00:10:47,110 event sequence just like that real 223 00:10:52,439 --> 00:10:49,720 sequence but displace randomly in time 224 00:10:54,829 --> 00:10:52,449 or you can use random simulations and 225 00:10:57,150 --> 00:10:54,839 you can see this cloud of grey lines 226 00:11:01,110 --> 00:10:57,160 represents what random data this sort 227 00:11:03,299 --> 00:11:01,120 would look like and the red line is 228 00:11:07,079 --> 00:11:03,309 clearly different from that so we have a 229 00:11:09,449 --> 00:11:07,089 solid basic result the main measure is a 230 00:11:11,790 --> 00:11:09,459 kind of pairwise correlation there are 231 00:11:13,949 --> 00:11:11,800 lots and lots of pairs when you have 60 232 00:11:15,250 --> 00:11:13,959 different devices we have a second 233 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:15,260 correlation which is 234 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:18,170 somewhat like a correlation of variances 235 00:11:22,210 --> 00:11:20,630 compared with the correlation means we 236 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:22,220 have spatial structure and temporal 237 00:11:28,180 --> 00:11:24,290 structure and I'd like to spend just a 238 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:28,190 couple of minutes talking about the 239 00:11:34,930 --> 00:11:31,210 justification for the title of my talk 240 00:11:38,110 --> 00:11:34,940 psychological and social categories for 241 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:38,120 these events and how they look this is 242 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:42,050 just a kind of sorting of all the events 243 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:45,050 we have in two categories of war on the 244 00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:47,330 very far left it's got a pretty big 245 00:11:53,860 --> 00:11:51,320 error bar but it's significant the next 246 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:53,870 one is politics I was very surprised 247 00:11:58,900 --> 00:11:56,090 I am personally surprised about that but 248 00:12:02,290 --> 00:11:58,910 I guess it's important who does what in 249 00:12:04,980 --> 00:12:02,300 the political realm major accidents 250 00:12:07,780 --> 00:12:04,990 here's one that's very interesting grand 251 00:12:11,590 --> 00:12:07,790 meditation events organized meditation 252 00:12:13,630 --> 00:12:11,600 events is its god we've got quite a few 253 00:12:15,190 --> 00:12:13,640 of them and so the error bars are small 254 00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:15,200 enough so that that's about a three 255 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:19,910 sigma difference okay then down at these 256 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:21,650 other end we have some things that just 257 00:12:26,590 --> 00:12:23,570 this one disappoints a lot of people 258 00:12:28,570 --> 00:12:26,600 great sporting events don't quite do it 259 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:28,580 we don't have so many but we've looked 260 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:34,090 at World Cup events World Cup soccer 261 00:12:39,340 --> 00:12:37,850 several times and even though some 262 00:12:40,810 --> 00:12:39,350 people say well there's millions and 263 00:12:44,230 --> 00:12:40,820 millions involved maybe it's because 264 00:12:46,990 --> 00:12:44,240 there's competition and not coherence we 265 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:47,000 can't be very sure here's something 266 00:12:51,940 --> 00:12:49,250 that's I'm going to show you several 267 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:51,950 graphs that have very relatively small 268 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:54,770 differences that may not necessarily be 269 00:12:58,450 --> 00:12:56,810 significant but I think they're probably 270 00:13:00,940 --> 00:12:58,460 important for us to continue to look at 271 00:13:03,460 --> 00:13:00,950 how many people are engaged we don't 272 00:13:05,830 --> 00:13:03,470 know exactly how many but that probably 273 00:13:08,740 --> 00:13:05,840 also not just how many people but it's 274 00:13:11,350 --> 00:13:08,750 also probably reflecting the importance 275 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:11,360 in some sense of the event that matters 276 00:13:16,710 --> 00:13:13,850 the larger the event the bigger the 277 00:13:20,110 --> 00:13:16,720 effect size that we have the level or 278 00:13:23,620 --> 00:13:20,120 intensity of power over the emotions 279 00:13:26,350 --> 00:13:23,630 that seem to be involved in the event 280 00:13:29,819 --> 00:13:26,360 meditation wouldn't have a very big one 281 00:13:32,819 --> 00:13:29,829 an act of war would have high level 282 00:13:36,929 --> 00:13:32,829 emotional intensity the higher the level 283 00:13:38,999 --> 00:13:36,939 the more potent the effect size the 284 00:13:41,609 --> 00:13:39,009 valence that event is positive different 285 00:13:44,759 --> 00:13:41,619 from negative is a and the answer that 286 00:13:47,249 --> 00:13:44,769 one is somewhat surprising perhaps there 287 00:13:50,699 --> 00:13:47,259 are many of us no difference at all that 288 00:13:52,319 --> 00:13:50,709 we can see so far here's one that 289 00:13:55,650 --> 00:13:52,329 actually has a rather strong difference 290 00:13:57,299 --> 00:13:55,660 is the event that's driving people into 291 00:13:59,699 --> 00:13:57,309 a kind of coherent state something 292 00:14:01,349 --> 00:13:59,709 that's imposed from the outside or is it 293 00:14:03,030 --> 00:14:01,359 something we generate from within a 294 00:14:06,599 --> 00:14:03,040 celebration like New Year's would be 295 00:14:08,819 --> 00:14:06,609 more as generated from within a 296 00:14:12,989 --> 00:14:08,829 terrorist attack is definitely 297 00:14:15,869 --> 00:14:12,999 imposition from outside so they the 298 00:14:17,220 --> 00:14:15,879 effect size of the outer source is much 299 00:14:20,429 --> 00:14:17,230 greater than that of the inner source 300 00:14:24,809 --> 00:14:20,439 but it turns out that second orthogonal 301 00:14:27,389 --> 00:14:24,819 measure shows just the opposite 302 00:14:31,109 --> 00:14:27,399 tendency the inner measures are stronger 303 00:14:32,789 --> 00:14:31,119 than the outer measure is compassion 304 00:14:36,659 --> 00:14:32,799 embodied or invoked I mentioned it 305 00:14:38,309 --> 00:14:36,669 before and here again it's not highly 306 00:14:40,499 --> 00:14:38,319 significant but the difference is fairly 307 00:14:43,739 --> 00:14:40,509 considerable between high levels of 308 00:14:46,379 --> 00:14:43,749 compassion versus low levels and I want 309 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:46,389 to compare that with fear 310 00:14:51,659 --> 00:14:48,730 and I think this may surprise many 311 00:14:54,329 --> 00:14:51,669 people again it's not significant but 312 00:14:57,809 --> 00:14:54,339 the tendency is for the larger amounts 313 00:15:00,239 --> 00:14:57,819 of fear the larger the more fear is in 314 00:15:02,669 --> 00:15:00,249 date is is involved in a kind of 315 00:15:04,679 --> 00:15:02,679 definition in the event the smaller the 316 00:15:06,749 --> 00:15:04,689 effect that we see a bit of a surprise 317 00:15:09,470 --> 00:15:06,759 my wife explained to me it shouldn't be 318 00:15:14,639 --> 00:15:09,480 as a surprise fear drives us apart 319 00:15:17,609 --> 00:15:14,649 compassion brings us together so what 320 00:15:20,279 --> 00:15:17,619 might this all mean it's we're far from 321 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:20,289 being able really to interpret this in a 322 00:15:26,789 --> 00:15:23,110 fashion that's you know well supported 323 00:15:29,819 --> 00:15:26,799 and in a way but I think that it's worth 324 00:15:32,669 --> 00:15:29,829 considering a really far-out speculation 325 00:15:35,009 --> 00:15:32,679 that we really are potentially operating 326 00:15:38,789 --> 00:15:35,019 as a little bit in the role of neurons 327 00:15:40,590 --> 00:15:38,799 in a brain there are now beginning to be 328 00:15:43,740 --> 00:15:40,600 enough of us to approach the numbers in 329 00:15:46,590 --> 00:15:43,750 human brain we do have evidence of 330 00:15:49,259 --> 00:15:46,600 interconnection from among us that we 331 00:15:52,199 --> 00:15:49,269 don't know about and my question becomes 332 00:15:53,430 --> 00:15:52,209 what if we became conscious what if we 333 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:53,440 came to understand that we are 334 00:16:00,509 --> 00:15:57,610 interconnected what might that allow us 335 00:16:02,850 --> 00:16:00,519 to be and do and I suspect that one of 336 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:02,860 the more powerful ones is something very 337 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:03,370 much like 338 00:16:08,519 --> 00:16:06,310 Roland just said we're we're capable of 339 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:08,529 changing the way the world is the way we 340 00:16:13,499 --> 00:16:12,130 are and to make a the world more along 341 00:16:16,170 --> 00:16:13,509 the lines that we would like to see 342 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:16,180 we're capable of intentional conscious 343 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:21,790 evolution probably thank you thank you 344 00:16:30,809 --> 00:16:24,370 if you have a few minutes for probably 345 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:30,819 about three questions that's interesting 346 00:16:37,050 --> 00:16:33,610 I don't see that you're concerning the 347 00:16:38,759 --> 00:16:37,060 directional change possibly consistent 348 00:16:41,430 --> 00:16:38,769 with you know whether it's a good event 349 00:16:45,509 --> 00:16:41,440 or a bad event like a war versus a 350 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:45,519 love-in you just treat deviation you 351 00:16:49,019 --> 00:16:47,410 consider the directional change and 352 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:49,029 there is their consistency with the 353 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:51,970 directional change with nature of the 354 00:17:00,379 --> 00:16:55,930 event it's a good question we defined 355 00:17:02,579 --> 00:17:00,389 our prediction in the beginning as a 356 00:17:04,439 --> 00:17:02,589 directional prediction we predicted that 357 00:17:07,110 --> 00:17:04,449 whatever the kind of event positive or 358 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:07,120 negative it would so to speak excite the 359 00:17:11,970 --> 00:17:09,130 network and we would have a positive 360 00:17:13,559 --> 00:17:11,980 deviation it turns out that there's a 361 00:17:16,669 --> 00:17:13,569 parent if there's a fair amount of 362 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:16,679 consistency in a couple of kinds of 363 00:17:22,230 --> 00:17:18,730 events where I wish I would have made 364 00:17:25,069 --> 00:17:22,240 the other prediction very great 365 00:17:27,750 --> 00:17:25,079 meditation events often produce or very 366 00:17:29,789 --> 00:17:27,760 powerfully focused meditation events the 367 00:17:31,919 --> 00:17:29,799 best example I know they tend to produce 368 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:31,929 than effect the opposite direction from 369 00:17:36,060 --> 00:17:34,210 our prediction but it goes into the 370 00:17:39,169 --> 00:17:36,070 database and subtracts from our overall 371 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:39,179 total but we're learning you know we 372 00:17:54,060 --> 00:17:52,860 a little note about David David Hawkins 373 00:17:56,850 --> 00:17:54,070 the author of power 374 00:18:00,120 --> 00:17:56,860 versus force yes where I found the map 375 00:18:05,010 --> 00:18:00,130 of consciousness and I was wondering why 376 00:18:06,810 --> 00:18:05,020 you put his name there well I I didn't 377 00:18:09,090 --> 00:18:06,820 don't have didn't have time to explain 378 00:18:11,850 --> 00:18:09,100 everything but it's because he I think 379 00:18:14,580 --> 00:18:11,860 expresses very nicely a very powerful 380 00:18:16,860 --> 00:18:14,590 difference among types of emotions there 381 00:18:20,190 --> 00:18:16,870 are those which create balance and there 382 00:18:22,170 --> 00:18:20,200 are those which create imbalance and I I 383 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:22,180 think basically I was trying to show 384 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:24,490 that those seem to have a little bit 385 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:26,970 different effect in the data from this 386 00:18:32,460 --> 00:18:30,010 rather abstract Network that's looking 387 00:18:41,850 --> 00:18:32,470 possibly at something like a mass 388 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:41,860 consciousness thank you I'm just 389 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:43,930 wondering how you differentiate because 390 00:18:48,570 --> 00:18:45,730 the individuals that are sort of in 391 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:48,580 charge of each node are not blinded to 392 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:49,930 the fact that a terrorist attack 393 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:51,370 occurred or it's New Year's Eve 394 00:18:57,150 --> 00:18:53,290 how do you differentiate between just 395 00:18:59,310 --> 00:18:57,160 that one person or just you just your 396 00:19:01,740 --> 00:18:59,320 awareness of these situations and their 397 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:01,750 direction and I'm just wondering why 398 00:19:06,870 --> 00:19:04,720 you're going it's everybody affecting it 399 00:19:09,660 --> 00:19:06,880 then just right maybe the one person 400 00:19:14,490 --> 00:19:09,670 again just you right well it's a very 401 00:19:17,550 --> 00:19:14,500 good question some of my best friends in 402 00:19:20,670 --> 00:19:17,560 the field have said it's you it's you I 403 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:20,680 don't think so and there's a couple of 404 00:19:25,290 --> 00:19:21,670 reasons for that 405 00:19:27,690 --> 00:19:25,300 I don't first of all have much of a of a 406 00:19:29,790 --> 00:19:27,700 signature and dealing with intention 407 00:19:32,180 --> 00:19:29,800 experiments but the most important thing 408 00:19:35,010 --> 00:19:32,190 is that we now have five or so 409 00:19:38,490 --> 00:19:35,020 parameters in the data which can be put 410 00:19:41,370 --> 00:19:38,500 into mathematical models testing those 411 00:19:44,730 --> 00:19:41,380 models against the data so there are 412 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:44,740 some for example dat would be something 413 00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:47,170 that's expressing your idea or an 414 00:19:51,930 --> 00:19:49,630 experiment or effect model is expressing 415 00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:51,940 your question neither of those can 416 00:19:58,650 --> 00:19:55,120 accommodate more than the first primary 417 00:20:01,230 --> 00:19:58,660 measure you put in a second orthogonal 418 00:20:04,050 --> 00:20:01,240 measure and all of a sudden dat doesn't 419 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:04,060 do any more you put in distance effects 420 00:20:07,890 --> 00:20:06,370 and dat can't deal with that either a 421 00:20:11,070 --> 00:20:07,900 field like model 422 00:20:14,390 --> 00:20:11,080 and we don't know how to form a formally 423 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:14,400 formally state a feel like model yet but 424 00:20:23,310 --> 00:20:20,050 just the general field style of approach 425 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:23,320 to how things might be affected around 426 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:26,890 the world does work and so I think I'm 427 00:20:32,220 --> 00:20:30,970 innocent more or less I think we all 428 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:32,230 contribute really 429 00:20:37,860 --> 00:20:35,650 that's a fine note to end on all right