Rose Rimler

Okay, so one common way to test for telepathy involves something called the Gansfeld Protocol.

Okay, so one common way to test for telepathy involves something called the Gansfeld Protocol.

So the Ganzfeld protocol, and by the way, Ganzfeld is German for whole field. So the experimenters set someone up in a very controlled, very subdued environment so that the telepathic signal has as much of a chance as possible to come through. So the people in the experiment will wear headphones with white or pink noise playing.

So the Ganzfeld protocol, and by the way, Ganzfeld is German for whole field. So the experimenters set someone up in a very controlled, very subdued environment so that the telepathic signal has as much of a chance as possible to come through. So the people in the experiment will wear headphones with white or pink noise playing.

They make sure there's nothing for them to see by putting on these goggles on their eyes.

They make sure there's nothing for them to see by putting on these goggles on their eyes.

So someone's in another room. In another room. In another room, and they're looking at an image or maybe a video clip. And they're really focusing on it, and they're really trying to send it to the other person.

So someone's in another room. In another room. In another room, and they're looking at an image or maybe a video clip. And they're really focusing on it, and they're really trying to send it to the other person.

Just by thinking about it really hard.

Just by thinking about it really hard.

So then after some time, the person takes off their silly ping pong goggles, comes out of the room. They're shown four images or four video clips. And they say, which is the one that was being beamed to you? So they pick one. And so if you were just picking by chance, you would get this right 25% of the time.

So then after some time, the person takes off their silly ping pong goggles, comes out of the room. They're shown four images or four video clips. And they say, which is the one that was being beamed to you? So they pick one. And so if you were just picking by chance, you would get this right 25% of the time.

But lots of these studies find that people pick the right image or the right video clip more than 25% of the time. How much more? 32% of the time. Okay. That number comes from a meta-analysis that came out just last year. They looked at over 100 experiments done in the Gansfeld condition over the last 50 years. Uh-huh.

But lots of these studies find that people pick the right image or the right video clip more than 25% of the time. How much more? 32% of the time. Okay. That number comes from a meta-analysis that came out just last year. They looked at over 100 experiments done in the Gansfeld condition over the last 50 years. Uh-huh.

It includes some studies on clairvoyance and other psychic phenomena tested using the Gansfeld protocol, but it's mostly tests of telepathy. And the authors concluded that there was a small but statistically significant effect here.

It includes some studies on clairvoyance and other psychic phenomena tested using the Gansfeld protocol, but it's mostly tests of telepathy. And the authors concluded that there was a small but statistically significant effect here.

That's not all. You can find something similar with other tests that have been done, like these telephone telepathy tests. You tell people that they're going to get a phone call from one of four specific people, and they have to guess as the phone is ringing which of these four people is the one calling them. By chance, they should get the right person 25% of the time.

That's not all. You can find something similar with other tests that have been done, like these telephone telepathy tests. You tell people that they're going to get a phone call from one of four specific people, and they have to guess as the phone is ringing which of these four people is the one calling them. By chance, they should get the right person 25% of the time.

A lot of studies find they get it right more often than that, 30 or 40% of the time.

A lot of studies find they get it right more often than that, 30 or 40% of the time.