Hypothesis Registry
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Explore how we define, register, and analyze collective attention events across the global network.
Main Hypothesis
Periods of collective attention or emotion in large populations will coincide with correlations across a global network of physical random number generators.
Our hypothesis could not be strictly formulaic since global consciousness can only be usefully defined in operational terms. Our approach has been to work with a general hypothesis describing a range of conditions rather than a narrow set of parameters.
To set up a formal test, we first identify an engaging event. The criteria for event selection are that the event provides a focus of collective attention and emotion, and that it engages a large - sometimes global - group of people. We thus explore events of global character, but allow for variability in their type, duration, intensity and emotional tone. In practice, events are selected that capture news headlines, involve or engage millions of people, or represent emotionally potent categories, e. g., great tragedies and great celebrations.
Once an event is identified, the simple hypothesis test is constructed by fixing the start and end times for the event and specifying a statistical analysis of the Network Coherence to be performed on the corresponding data. These details are entered into a formal registry before the data are extracted from the archive.
20+ years of research under Dr. Roger Nelson's care in the Global Consciousness Project 1 have yielded highly significant results and fine-tuning a repeatable process for event specification. We generally follow the specifications outlined by Dr. Nelson. There is still some flexibility in choosing the events that will be analyzed.
Registry entries
This table is updated as we hypothesize events to analyze. In these early stages of the project, the results are still exploratory and may not be significant yet. We are confirming more detailed hypotheses that will be tested in the future. All times are displayed in your local time.
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Research Questions and Hypotheses
Under the umbrella of the main hypothesis, we are also researching the following questions and hypotheses:
We aim to investigate this question, which would dramatically increase sensitivity and open a lot more flexibility for investigating detailed questions.