Abstract

Conducted a pilot experiment with 4 Ss and a confirmatory experiment with 35 Ss to compare the action of psychokinesis (PK) on 2 electronic binary random generators-one simple and one complex-under equivalent psychological conditions. In the testing room, the S pressed a switch to initiate each trial and was given feedback by 2 differently colored lights as indicators of his hits and misses. The simple generator produced a 1 -step binary output on which the S exerted his PK on each trial. The complex generator based the binary output for each trial on the majority decision of a rapid sequence of 100 binary events. The choice of which generator was active on each trial was randomly determined. Neither E or S knew which generator was operating. Significant PK effects on both generators were observed, but there were no significant differences between scoring rates for the 2 generators.