Quantum Consciousness Experiment - extension
Richard A. Mould
August 1999
The following is an extension of the paper "Quantum Consciousness
Experiment", where the total number of trials is extended from 2500 to
3500. The set-up is unchanged.
1. The results
Total number of trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N = 3500
No. shocks received in the first part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . NS = 1753
No. times the L-light went on in the second part . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .. . . . . . NL = 1754
Increase difference NL–
NS . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . u
= 866
Decrease difference NL–
NS . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d
= 865
Unchanged NL–
NS . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e
= 1769
Let p0 = NL/N
and q0 = 1 – p0, then
p0 = 1754/3500 = 0.5011
q0 = 0.4988
The null hypothesis puts p = p0q0,
q
=
q0p0,
and r = p02 + q02.
giving
p = 0.2500 q
= 0.2500 r = 0.5000
Our non-null hypothesis is that u - d is significantly
different from zero. From the data, u - d = NL–
NS
= 1, which is considerably within the above statndard deviation around
zero. The separate variables u and d are also within
the standard deviation s(u) =
s(d)
= [p(q +
r)N]1/2 = 25.6 of their
expected value of 875; so again, our hypothesis is not confirmed.
The horizontal bars in the figure give the value of s(u
– d) = {N/2}1/2.
The most probable outcome after 2500 trials is P(875, 875, 1750).
Therefore
which again shows that there is no significant difference between our
outcome and the most probable outcome.