This protocol is a concrete implementation of the unified metrological framework Protocol 9.0 applied to the claimed phenomenon of micro‑psychokinesis (μ‑PK) — the alleged ability of consciousness to produce a statistically significant deviation of the output of a quantum random number generator (QRNG) from the theoretically expected binomial distribution. The protocol is mechanism‑neutral. Its goal is either to detect a reproducible deviation ΔX from the null model (fair coin p0 = 0.5) or to establish a quantitative upper bound on the possible effect under strictly controlled conditions. The document contains the full experimental architecture (target, dummy, trap), a procedure for demonstrating failure modes, requirements for the minimum detectable effect (MDE ≥ 5σ), triple blinding, multiverse analysis, and validity/exclusion criteria.
This protocol is a concrete implementation of the unified metrological framework Protocol 9.0 applied to the claimed phenomenon of micro‑psychokinesis (μ‑PK) — the alleged ability of consciousness to produce a statistically significant deviation of the output of a quantum random number generator (QRNG) from the theoretically expected binomial distribution. The protocol is mechanism‑neutral. Its goal is either to detect a reproducible deviation ΔX from the null model (fair coin p0 = 0.5) or to establish a quantitative upper bound on the possible effect under strictly controlled conditions. The document contains the full experimental architecture (target, dummy, trap), a procedure for demonstrating failure modes, requirements for the minimum detectable effect (MDE ≥ 5σ), triple blinding, multiverse analysis, and validity/exclusion criteria.
Protocol PHY‑02 implements the unified metrological framework of Protocol 9.0 for testing claimed macro‑psychokinesis (macro‑PK) — the alleged ability of human intention to produce measurable changes in the dynamics of a macroscopic mechanical resonator. The target system is a high‑Q resonator (tuning fork, quartz oscillator, or microcantilever) with amplitude, frequency, and phase as observables. The experimental architecture comprises physically isolated channels: an active resonator (target), a control resonator (dummy), and trap intervals. Version 2.0 introduces mandatory active temperature stabilisation, acoustic pressure monitoring, short‑time sliding‑window analysis, robust handling of non‑Gaussian noise, and extended kill criteria. Triple blinding, mandatory failure‑mode demonstration, multiverse analysis, and a Minimum Detectable Effect (MDE ≥ 5σ above the Allan‑deviation noise floor) establish an uncompromising metrological standard. The aim is detection of reproducible deviations from thermodynamic equilibrium or establishment of a quantitative upper bound, not confirmation of macro‑PK.
Protocol TEC‑89 implements the unified metrological framework of Protocol 9.0 to test the claimed phenomenon of intention influence on quantum random number generators (QRNG) – the alleged ability of a person (the "intender") to bias the output of a true hardware‑based quantum random number generator (e.g., ID Quantique Quantis, ANU Quantum Numbers, or equivalent) through intention alone, without physical contact. The primary observable is the deviation of the QRNG bit distribution (mean z‑score) from the expected chance level (50/50) during active intention periods, compared to control periods (no intention, sham intention, or trap conditions). The experimental design includes a certified hardware QRNG (Quantis‑v10.10.08 or equivalent) with direct USB connection (no buffer), real‑time visual/audio feedback for the intender (to enhance engagement), continuous logging of all bits with time stamps, triple blinding (intender, experimenter, and analyst are blind to condition), trap conditions (the intender is told to "influence" but the QRNG is replaced by a deterministic pseudo‑RNG), sham conditions (the intender is told to "influence" but is actually resting), catch conditions (a known bias is introduced into the QRNG output to validate the measurement system's sensitivity), positive controls (known effects, e.g., varying the number of bits per trial, to calibrate the system), physiological monitoring (skin conductance, heart rate variability, EEG alpha/theta power) to correlate with intention states, comprehensive environmental monitoring (temperature, humidity, electromagnetic fields), and automated data logging. The protocol mandates a pilot phase to calibrate the QRNG, establish the baseline noise floor, and validate the blinding procedure. The primary analysis uses a Linear Mixed Model (LMM) or a Binomial GLM comparing the z‑score (or proportion of 1s) between active and control conditions, with α = 0.025 (two‑tailed) and power ≥ 0.90 for a small effect (Cohen's d ≥ 0.05). The sample size is N = 10,000 bits per block (baseline, with adaptive increase to N = 100,000 bits if pilot shows high variability). Statistical analyses are preregistered, include Bayesian inference (BF₁₀), permutation tests, and multiverse robustness checks (≥70% of 12 forks). The aim is to detect a reproducible intention‑induced QRNG bias or to establish an upper bound on the effect size with unprecedented rigor.
Objective. Testing specific mind-related effects on reality formation by investigating deviations from quantum randomness during the process of intentional observation, also known as micro-psychokinesis (micro-PK), is one empirical approach to address the mind-matter problem. While meta-analytical evidence over decades of research suggests that observers’ conscious or unconscious motivational states could produce significant micro-PK effects on quantum number generator (QRNG) outcomes, direct replication attempts often failed or the initially strong and apparently stable effects declined over time. Therefore, in addition to a direct replication strategy, alternative confirmatory approaches have been proposed that apply Higher-Level Analytical Strategies (HLASs) to test these effects existence. The present study reports a preregistered replication attempt of a micro-PK effect on QRNG outcomes documented by a specific HLAS variant, the Change of Evidence (CoE) measures, which were performed on a post-hoc basis in an original study.Method. To assess the observers’ unconscious intentional states, in a re-analysis of an existing data set we determined participants’ personality traits (PTs) on Cluster C and analyzed the relation between Cluster C outcome and trait-related sentences selected via QRNG outputs mirroring the respective typical concerns associated with the PTs vs. neutral stimuli. We predicted the presentation of more PT-related stimuli than chance expectation among participants exhibiting high PT assessment scores (PT-high) but not among individuals who exhibited low levels of these characteristics (PT-low). Although in line with this prediction initially strong Bayesian evidence for H1 was found within the PT-high group, this effect unexpectedly declined upon further data collection to indecisive evidence. Three post-hoc CoE tests were then performed comparing the empirical data to a randomly generated set of 10,000 simulations to distinguish a false positive finding i.e., an unsystematic, random Bayesian evidence variation, from a true positive effect that later declined i.e., from a systematic one. These exploratory post-hoc re-analyses of an existing data set rejected the null hypotheses in all CoE tests performed. These findings were then tested for replicability in a preregistered replication study which will be reported here.Results. The replication attempt failed. No Bayesian evidence for micro-PK was found and none of the CoE analyses could reject the null hypothesis in the PT-high group. As expected, no effects were found in the PT-low group either.Conclusion. The findings of the herein presented analyses go along with the results of earlier studies reporting similar experimental approaches which initially revealed strong and supposedly robust evidence for the postulated effects in non-preregistered original experiments but failed in a direct replication. Most central, the present findings indicate, that even CoE measures following the idea of HLASs to circumvent the non-replicability problem cannot provide replicable higher order micro-PK effects. The results obtained are discussed with regard to the Model of Pragmatic Information (MPI).
Intentional effects of human observerson the output of quantum-based random number generators (tRNG) have been studied for decades now. This research has been known as micro-psychokinesis (micro-PK) and many studies in the field reported evidence for mentally induced non-random deviations from chance. A most recent meta-analysis from Bösch, et al. (2006) revealed a very small and heterogeneous overall effect size that indicated a significant deviation from chance across studies. There remains doubt among the scientific community on the existence of micro-PK given: (i) the small and heterogenous effect; and (ii) the fact that several independent replication attempts of prominent studies failed to confirm the original results. The study presented here was intended to provide decisive evidence for or against the existence of micro-PK. An online experiment with 12,571 participants was conducted. The Bayesian analysis revealed strong evidence for H0 (BF01= 10.07). Thus, micro-PK did not exist in the data. A closer inspection of the temporal change of the effect seemed to suggest a non-random oscillative structure with a higher frequency than observed in simulated data. The possible role of entropy and the relation to the model of pragmatic information from von Lucadou (2015) is discussed.
Protocol PHY‑07 implements the unified metrological framework of Protocol 9.0 to test the claimed ability of human intention to remotely alter the dynamics of a macroscopic pendulum. Version 2.0 incorporates a common invar baseplate for both pendulums to suppress differential vibrations, electrostatic shielding to eliminate charge‑induced artifacts, and a mandatory pilot phase with a fictitious operator to validate that the differential noise floor is indeed below the pre‑registered MDE. The protocol is designed for a specialised laboratory environment with active vibration isolation, high vacuum, and precision optical metrology. Triple blinding, calibration impulses, and multiverse analysis establish an uncompromising standard. The aim is detection of reproducible deviations from baseline or establishment of a quantitative upper bound on anomalous coupling.
A vivid discussion revolves around the role of the human mind in the quantum measurement process. While some authors argue that conscious observation is a necessary element to achieve the transition from quantum to classical states during measurement (Wigner, 1963), some go even further and propose a more active influence of the human mind on the probabilities of quantum measurement outcomes (e.g. Atmanspacher, Römer, & Walach, 2002; Penrose & Hameroff, 2011). This proposition was tested in micro-psychokinesis (micro-Pk) research were intentional observer effects on quantum random number generators (RNGs) were investigated. In the studies presented here we extended this line of research and tested the impact unconscious goals on micro-Pk. Our focus was cigarette addiction as an unconscious drive and hypothesized that regular cigarette smokers would influence the outcome of a quantum RNG that determined whether the participant was going to see a smoking-related or a neutral picture. Study 1 revealed strong evidence for micro-Pk (BF = 66.06) supporting the H1. As expected, no deviation from chance was found with non-smokers. In Study 2, a pre-registered highly powered replication attempt, failed to reproduce this result and showed strong evidence for H0 (BF = 11.07). When the data from both studies are combined a remarkable change in effect across time (resembling a combination of appearance followed by decline) can be seen only in the smoker’s subsample. Appearance-and-decline effects were absent in the non-smokers sample and in a simulation. Based on von Lucadou’s Model of Pragmatic Information we suggest that (micro-)Pk effects follow a systematic pattern comparable to a dampened harmonic oscillation. This concept may shed new light on past and future Pk research.