Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab
The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research ( PEAR ) Institute of Princeton University in New Jersey examined using scientific methods, the possible influence of incidental or machine-controlled processes through human consciousness ( telekinesis in the broadest sense, Human / Machine Anomalies ). The PEAR program was founded in 1979 by Robert Jahn.
The tests are designed in principle generally similar and are intended to show through extensive testing and statistics, whether such Human / Machine Anomalies are possible. So, for example, to test people try by their power of thought to bring a cube machine to roll the dice many sixes as possible, or bring a controlled radioactive decay random number generator to produce random deviation over from the normal distribution number of ones or zeros.
The main research areas of PEAR are:
- Human / Machine Anomalies
- Remote Perception ( sensory perception over long distance)
- Theoretical Models ( attempt to describe the procedures described above in a model and explain )
The Princeton University has closed the PEAR in February 2007.
However, the research should be part of the Global Consciousness Project of a private institution, the International Consciousness Research Laboratories ( ICRL ), continued.