I Want to Believe

Posted by Kenneth Ronkowitz on


Spent some time this weekend sifting through my bookmarks and deleting the dead ones. I came across a folder I called "X Files." Even though the 2 sites I describe below are legitimate science, I'm sure that many of you would feel that I have them in the proper directory.

SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data. Their site is worth a look and there's more plain language info at SETI at Wikipedia.

The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) program was established at Princeton University in 1979 by Robert G. Jahn, then Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

They engage in scientific study of the interaction of human consciousness with sensitive physical devices, systems, and processes common to contemporary engineering practice. An interdisciplinary staff of engineers, physicists, psychologists, and humanists conduct experiments and develop theoretical models.

Over its 25-year history, the program has produced immense databases generated under highly controlled laboratory conditions, indicating the existence of small but replicable and statistically significant correlations between operator intention and the output characteristics of a variety of random digital and analogue processors.

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