ANNOUNCEMENTS  (last update 15 Nov 13)

• Presentation date for each group is given in the schedule below. See Coursework page for information on presentation.
• True random number generator: online
• Saturated fat news: no surprise to us
• IRB problems: If you’re having problems, contact Tracy Giordano Tracy.Giordano@Colorado.EDU  (303) 735-3700
• Project list: Here is the updated online list of projects.
• Staring results: In class on Sep 19 the class carried out a simple remote viewing test. During looking the class produced 59.9% correct results, corresponding to a p-value of 0.0013; during not looking 53.5% were correct, for a p-value of 0.26 (essentially at chance, consistent with Sheldrake’s results); combined were 56.7% correct, for a p-value of 0.0022.
• In case you missed the first class meeting, please watch a video introduction to the course here.

SCHEDULE  (Last update: 3 Dec 13)

Tuesday

Thursday

Aug 27

General introduction

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• Advocacy Arguments may be written on topic labeled with dot

Aug 29

• Mind-matter 1: Psychokinesis

Reading: Radin Ch 9 (note references at end of file), Retro-PK (Schmidt 1976)

Sep 3

• 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)

Sep 5

• Mind-matter interactions 2: Field consciousness

Reading: Radin Ch 11

Sep 10

Maverick science success & failures

Reading: Brody 27-39, Friedlander 21-34, flying machines, ulcers, epigentics, recent cold fusion, and more recently

Sep 12

The scientific method

Reading: Friedlander 35-62, Bridgman, Beaty: Scientific Method

Discussion of class projects

Scan to provide ideas for class projects: Gruber’s PK

Sep 17

The scientific process  (The readings for Sep 12 will also be discussed in class)

Readings: informational cascades, breakfast, scientific consensus, medical lies [pp. 1-4 (top half)], brass containers,

Optional reading: global warming

Sep 19
• Telepathy 1: common experiences

Reading: Sheldrake: sense of being stared at,

Skepticism on staring, Sheldrake's reply, Baker's reply,

Optional reading: Email telepathy, more staring results

Sep 24

• Remote perception, with Paul Smith

Readings: What is remote viewing?, Methodology, and CIA program

7 pm: Remote viewing workshop – in regular classroom (ITL 1B50)

Sep 26

Project proposal due

Psi history

Reading: Carter Ch 3 & 4, skim Radin Chs 2, 4 –5.

Oct 1

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

Oct 3

Complete a description of your protocol and expedited worksheet for the HRC. (See item 3b on coursework page.) Email completed research proposal to G. Moddel

Statistics primer I: using Seeing Statistics

Paranormal Distribution

Oct 8
Submit research proposal to the HRC.

Statistics primer II: using Seeing Statistics

Reading; Statistics in psi research

Oct 10
Statistics primer III: using Seeing Statistics

Reading: Aikin on inference

Oct 15
• Perception through time 2: Logic & causality

Reading: retroactive prayer: Leibovici, Backward causation (definition of nomic: “lawlike”), strange PK (Schmidt 1987)

Short analysis page (optional; counts as one advocacy report)

Oct 17

• Perception through time 3: Meta-Analysis & Theory, with Julia Mossbridge

Reading: Mossbridge12

Oct 22

• Healing (and harming) with intention

Readings: Bengston (pp 5-9), and meanspeak (slides #14 &#15 here)

Oct 24

• Belief

Readings: placebos, card guessing

Optional reading: Radin (2007)

Oct 29

Project analysis paper due

• Reproducibility & experimenter effect

Reading: Smith

Oct 31

• Machine consciousness

Reading: presient machine or machine precognition (Moddel 2011)

Nov 5

Give a brief (3 minute max) in-class update on your projects

• Skepticism 1

Reading: Psience, Outrage to presentiment experiment

Pseudoscience, Worldview

Nov 7

• Skepticism 2

Shermer on RV Part 1 & Part 2

Reading: Utt’s Report, Conclusions section in Hyman's report

Optional Reading: Utt’s reply, May’s report

Nov 12

• Skepticism 3

Reading: Carter Ch 8, & Ch 14, Sheldrake on Wikipedia

Optional reading: Carter Ch 2

Nov 14

Quantum

Reading: Radin Ch 12

Nov 19

• Models

Reading: Radin Ch 13

Optional reading: Wilber on Physics & Mysticism

Nov 21

• Significance of psi

Personal psi anecdotes

Optional eading: Revisiting decline effect (subject to change)

Final advocacy arguments due

Nov 26  No class – Fall break

Nov 28  No class - Thanksgiving

Dec 3

Project presentations: (1) Koller & Meyers (2) Holston & Williams (3) Garrison & Tafoya

Dec 5

Project presentations: (4) Shprengel (5) Papaikolas & Pohl (6) Chapman, Park & Potthoff

Dec 10

Project presentations: (7) Van Court (8) Risse & Sprouse (9) Flodberg & Maddocks (10) Begin, Shore & Vogel

Dec 12

Project presentations: (11) Callahan, Gehring, & Tobey (12) Carlson (13) Evans, Gann, Hannan & Moody (14) Lobato & Maton

Dec 17  Final project paper due: slip under my office door by 5 p.m., or turn in at front desk in ECEE office