ECEN
3070 – Edges of Science
Spring 2018 - TTh 12:30-1:45 – Professor Garret Moddel
– University of Colorado at Boulder
Location:
ITL 1B50
(seminar room in the southeastern extension to the Engineering Center)
GENERAL COURSE MATERIALS
ANNOUNCEMENTS (updated
16 May 2018)
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SCHEDULE
(updated 17 April 2018) |
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Tuesday |
Thursday |
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Jan
16 General
introduction --------- • Advocacy Arguments may be
written on topic labeled with dot |
Jan
18 • Mind-matter 1: Psychokinesis Reading:
Radin Ch 9 (note references
at end of file), Retro-PK
(Schmidt 1976) |
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Jan
23 • Perception through time 1:
Experiments Reading:
Radin Ch 10 (note
references at end of file), and precognitive
habituation (Bem 2003) & reaction
(NYT 2011). The 2003 reading is one of the studies in Bem 2011 (not required reading) |
Jan
25 • Psi in everyday life Reading:
Sheldrake
(Ch. 27 in Handbook), and Sheldrake
(p. 93 in BG) |
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Jan
30 • Ball selection test Reading:
Ertel (p. 138 in
BG) Optional reading: Ertel 2010 |
Feb 1 Maverick
science success & failures Reading:
Brody
27-39, Friedlander
21-34, flying
machines, ulcers,
epigentics, Optional reading: recent
cold fusion, and more
recently |
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Feb 6 • Remote perception, with Paul Smith Readings:
Schwartz
(p. 168 in BG) Optional
readings; What
is remote viewing?, Methodology,
and CIA program 7 pm: Remote
viewing workshop
– in regular classroom (ITL 1B50) |
Feb 8 The
scientific method Reading:
Friedlander
35-62, Bridgman, Beaty:
Scientific Method Discussion
of class projects |
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Feb
13 The
scientific process Readings:
informational
cascades, breakfast,
scientific
consensus, medical
lies [pp. 1-4 (top half)], brass
containers |
Feb
15 Project proposal due (see Coursework
page for description; turn in on paper in class) Psi
history Reading: Carter Ch 3 & 4, skim Radin Chs 2, 4 –5. |
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Feb
20 Complete the
online course for Social Behavioral Research Investigators and Key
Personnel and pass quiz. (See item 3a on coursework
page) • Telepathy 2 Reading:
Radin Ch 6, the
Monte Hall problem, playing
the odds |
Feb
22 Complete a description of your protocol and expedited worksheet
for the IRB. (See item 3b on coursework
page.) Email completed research
proposal to G. Moddel
Introduction
to the IRB (Internal Review Board) process Statistics
primer I: using Seeing Statistics |
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Feb
27 Statistics
primer II: using Seeing Statistics Reading;
Statistics
in psi research |
Mar 1 Reading:
Aikin on inference |
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Mar 6 Reading:
Backward
causation (just skim to give you an idea of the issues), strange PK
(Schmidt 1987) Short analysis page (optional;
counts as one advocacy report) |
Mar 8 •
Perception
through time 3: Theory Reading:
Background information (entropy
& example), Moddel 2006 (through
p. 68) |
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Mar
13 • Belief Readings:
placebos,
card
guessing Optional
reading: Radin (2007) |
Mar
15 • Mind-matter interactions 2:
Field consciousness Reading:
Radin Ch 11 • Reproducibility &
experimenter effect Reading:
Smith |
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Mar
20 •
Local sidereal
time Reading:
Spottiswoode (p. 278 in BG) •
Machine
consciousness Reading:
presient
machine or machine
precognition (Moddel 2011) |
Mar
22 Project analysis paper due • Healing (and harming) with
intention Readings:
Bengston, and meanspeak
(slides #14  here) Optional:
Bengston 2018 update |
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Mar
27 Spring break |
Mar
29 Spring break |
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Apr 3 Give a brief (3 minute max) in-class update on your projects • Skepticism 1 Reading:
Psience |
Apr
5 • Skepticism 2 Required
Reading: Carter Ch 8 Recommended:
This
podcast, or Sheldrake
on Wikipedia and Weiler |
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Apr
10 Quantum Reading:
Radin Ch 12 If
you’re interested: A recent
quantum entanglement experiment |
Apr
12 • Models Reading:
Radin Ch 13 or Real
Magic podcast with Dean Radin last week |
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Apr
17 • Applications Reading:
Smith
& Moddel (Ch. 29 in Handbook) Final advocacy arguments due |
Apr
19 Project
presentations: Stalder, King & Koenig Carmine
& Meyer Dahms & Mediavilla |
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Apr
24 Project
presentations:: Erokhin, Witte & Fasching; Fiola Thompson
& Wegner; Palmer
& Kailey-Steiner |
Apr
26 Project
presentations:; Johnson Jocobson, Macchia
& Harant Bdewi & Larson Winoker |
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May 1 Project
presentations: Arnold, Troetschel, Megerle & Herrington Rodriguez
& Shakir Monastine & Chabot |
May 3 Project
presentations: LePine, Tobey & Kopp-De Vol Davidson,
Biesterfeld, Ervin & Im Arellano,
Bourgeois & Widener |
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May 6 Final project paper due by email |
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