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Don Watson sent a note on 15 April with the following information from a
web and email promotion of a world-wide prayer vigil
sponsored by a group that does this with some frequency:
`Join us in "Praying Peace" with the Indigo Children in the Middle
East April 20th, 6pm New York Time, 11pm UK, 8am April 21 in Sydney.'
I asked Don for more information on the duration of the predicted
event, and we agreed on 10 minutes, since that has been the
length of the publicized communal prayer in other
instances. The formal prediction was thus for 10 minutes beginning
at 6pm EDT, which is 10 pm UTC.
The result is in the direction opposite to the prediction, with
Chisquare of 550.11 on 600 df, for p = 0.928. Interestingly, this
outcome is one of several that show a trend to smaller Chisquare during
meditation events. At this point, I do not know how this should be
interpreted, but it is beginning to look as if there is some consistency
that may be meaningful. Among the issues that may be salient are the
venue, the nature of the question that is asked, and the nature of a
possible "experimenter" effect.
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