Global Correlations in Random Data

The Global Consciousness Project, also called the EGG Project, is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration of scientists, engineers, artists and others. This website introduces methods, technology, and empirical results under the "Scientific Work" menu below, and gives background and interpretation under "Aesthetic View".

We have been collecting data from a global network of random event generators since August, 1998. The network has grown to about 65 host sites around the world running custom software that reads the output of physical random number generators and records a 200-bit trial sum once every second, continuously over months and years. The data are transmitted over the internet to a server in Princeton, NJ, USA, where they are archived for later analysis. Statistical results are complemented by visualizations. Individual data create a random tapestry. The dot color shows their global coherence. Global brain paintings display their complexity.

Our purpose is to examine subtle correlations that reflect the presence and activity of consciousness in the world. We have learned that when millions of us share intentions and emotions the GCP/EGG network shows correlations. We can interpret this as evidence for a growing global consciousness. It suggests we are capable of conscious evolution. We make the world we live in, and if we work to do no harm, we can create a planetary smile.

SCIENTIFIC 
WORK 
introduction 
random sources 
egg data archive 
basic experiment 
the primary results 
hypothesis registry 
normalizing the data 
control comparisons 
eventbased analysis 
analytical extension 
long trend example 
models and theory 
free data access 
conclusions 

 AESTHETIC
 VIEW
 introduction
 a poetic history
 hatching an egg
 egg host network
 media information
 noosphere's status
 the realtime display
 weaving a tapestry
 a musical interlude
 production credits
 how to contribute
 what you can do
 implications
 global brain