One of the main questions in the field of quantum physics concerns the role of the observer, more precisely: his consciousness and his effect on matter.

According to the Hungarian-American physicist and Nobel Prize winner Eugen Wigner in the beginnings of quantum physics, "it was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics without any doubt, without establishing a relationship to consciousness."

Since then, very few physicists have dealt with this issue in detail and publicly, which may be partly because many scientists follow the interpretation of the research state, which they do not create any problem at all. And that, although most developers of these interpretations still see the mystery, as in his book "The Quantum Enigma"Said Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner.

Parapsychologist Dr. At this year's Science of Consciousness conference in Tuscon, Arizona, Dean Radin said that many scientists would develop theories of consciousness, but few would conduct experiments to validate them. In response to this circumstance, Radin and his team built an experimental set-up. They wanted to find out experimentally whether there was evidence that consciousness could affect quantum performance.

Radin decided to expand his acquaintance double-experiment experiment (or Young's experiment):

"The only new element in this experiment: we asked a man - specifically one meditator - to imagine a double slit and visualize with his spiritual eye which of the two slits the photon would pass through. It seemed to us the only way we could directly verify that consciousness could cause a change in the shape of the waves. "

The experiment was attended by 137 test subjects, among whom were both experienced meditators and non-meditators. The course of the experiment lasted 20 minutes with each person and consisted of thirty-second observation phases, which alternated with approximately thirty-second rest phases. Evaluation of the data of this pilot study with 250 experiments with 137 different probands provided a significant magnitude of effect, especially in the group of experienced meditators.

Encouraged by these results, the researchers conducted a number of other experiments. This also included a variant of the experiment described above on the Internet, which was carried out over a period of three years with a total of 12.000 experiments. 5000 with test subjects and 7000 with Linux-bot, which represented the control group. The data again reported a significant effect of human consciousness on the photon.

No independent repetitions of this experiment are known so far, yet according to Radin, a copy of his experiment at the University of São Paulo is taking place at the time. The local physicist in charge is said to have told Radin that the results so far have evoked strongly mixed feelings in him: 'Oh my God' and 'Wait, something must be wrong'. "

Detailed record of Dr. Deana Radina at the Science-of-Consciousness conference:

Consciousness and double-bit-interference example

Because this is - whether by chance or not - central to interpretations of quantum mechanics, the physics literature contains many philosophical and theoretical discussions concerning both the problem of quantum measurement and speculation about the role of consciousness.

It would be expected that there is relevant experimental literature that deals with these ideas. But it does not exist, which is not surprising given the fact that the notion that there might be a connection between consciousness and form of physical reality is more related to medieval magic or so-called New Age than to sobriety. Because of a scientific career, it is better to avoid these dubious topics and the successor seldom successful attempts to explore these intentions. In fact, this taboo is so strong that it has been valid until recently for all the research on the basics of quantum theory. These studies paid 50 years for serious scientists as inappropriate.

That's it does not mean it does not exist none scientific literature, which deals with this topic. We have a century of empirical literature in the controversial field of parapsychology, which deals with the connection of mind and matter. Here's more of the 1000 studies reviewed by experts:

(a) Attempts to examine the intent of static behavior of random events that are generated by quantum fluctuation (fluctuations)

(b) Studies dealing with a macroscopic random system such as thrown dice and human physiology as a subject of intentional influence

(c) Sequential observation experiments to see whether a second observer may know whether a quantum event was observed by the first observer, or whether delayed observations would have a similar effect

(d) Attempts to investigate the influence of the non-living system, from molecular bonds in water to the behavior of photons in interferometers

A large amount of this literature can be found in professional journals. However, due to the controversial nature of this topic, it should be noted that some literature has also been published in well-known journals such as the British Journal of Psychology, in the scientific journal Science, Nature or Proceedings of the IEEE, etc.

In addition, experiments suggest that interactions between mind and matter occur in a significant number of physical target systems. The observed effect tends to be low in absolute order and can not easily be repeated if necessary. Therefore, it is necessary to anticipate the high deviation and accompanying problems that occur during repetition, since all these studies inevitably focus on concentrated attention and intent.

As with any form of human ability to exercise, it is also ability to focus their attention not only from person to person different, but it changes to every individual day by day and even during the day. The variables that affect the ability to perform mental assignments are based on simple factors, such as nervous system irritation or distraction. It is when a person last ate and what type of diet it was. In addition, it is an interaction between personal beliefs and the nature of the assignment, the state of the geomagnetic field, etc.

Such factors make it much more difficult to control the mind side than the side of matter in the supposed interaction between mind and matter. This means that if one is prepared to take seriously the thesis that some properties of quantum objects are not completely independent of human consciousness, such a study can not be performed either as a normal physical experiment or as a normal psychological experiment. Physical experiments lack subjectivity, while psychological experiments tend to ignore objectivity.

In an experiment taking into account both sides of the proposed relationship, we designed a physical system with the most stable interference fringes possible and also developed a test setup. In addition, we encouraged participants to be more open to the idea of ​​an expanded form of consciousness, selected participants who had experience focusing, and spent a lot of time talking to participants about the nature of the task. The excellent results of the meditators suggest that, despite the inevitable deviation in performance, it is possible to determine in future studies which aspects of attention and intention play an important role in the hypothetical effect.

It should be noted that some meditation techniques, such as mantra repetition, are focused on focusing or concentrating attention, while other techniques, for example, meditation of mindfulness tend to expand the capacity of attention.

None of these submitted studies attempted to assess differences between meditation techniques or to independently assess the ability of participants to maintain focused attention. Nevertheless, it is not unrealistic to expect that future studies may find that different meditation techniques lead to different results. In addition, measuring participants' ability to maintain a focused mind, examining other brain or behavioral correlates in terms of performance, monitoring individual photons, and developing a more accurate method of analysis would be a useful approach.

The summary of the results of previous experiments seems to be consistent with the interpretations of the problems of quantum measurement related to consciousness. Given the challenges posed by such interpretations, further research will be needed to validate, systematically replicate and disseminate research results.

Video: Dr. Dean Radin - Experiments of mind and matter:

Dr. Dean Radin he is an electrical engineer and a psychologist. He has been researching for almost 20 years in the boundary between mind and matter. His research results have been published many times in mainstream journals for physics and psychology.

In this lecture from October 2014, he presents a number of his new experiments and research results. These are mainly experiments in which the subjects have purely their ideas to influence various physical systems. In addition to laboratory experiments, Dean also conducted experiments with subjects from around the world over the Internet, with the task of influencing the experimental set-up at Dean's Laboratory in California. This experiment alone involved 5000 people.

Time record for this lecture:

00: 45 Three Angles of View: Mystery of Physics, Interpretation and Experiments
01:40 Measurement problem in quantum mechanics, observation effect
05: 30 Experiments - Changing Wave Activity by Observing Effect
10: 25 Experiments - Mental Interaction of Double-Sided System
13: 00 Experiments - Time Delay of Mind, Comparison with Pattern and Measurement
15: 25 Experiments - Internet Experiment with 5000 People -> Distance Does No Difference
20:05 Experiments - Single photon experiments with simultaneous EEG-measurement
24: 05 Experiments - Burning Man 2013 - Experiment with 6 Random Number Generators
25:05 Experiments - Burning Man 2014 - Experiment with 10 quantum noise generators
26: 50 Summary of the result, thanks and Dean's literary tips