2018/04/05 by Hartmut Grote, Grote, Hartmut
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1804.08404
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University)
arxiv created 2018/04/05 · openalex publication_date 2018/04/05 · arxiv updated 2018/04/24 · openalex created_date 2022/08/15 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The paper titled `Intentional Observer Effects on Quantum Randomness: A\nBayesian Analysis Reveals Evidence Against Micro-Psychokinesis', published in\nFrontiers of Psychology in March 2018, reports on a mind-matter experiment with\nthe main result of strong evidence against Micro-Psychokinesis. Despite this\nconclusion, the authors interpret the observed pattern in their data as\npossible evidence for Micro-Psychokinesis, albeit of a different kind.\nSuggesting a connection to some existing models, the authors put forward the\nhypothesis that a higher frequency of slow data variations can be observed in\ntheir experiment data than in a set of control data. This commentary analyses\nthis claim and concludes that the variation in the data motivating this\nhypothesis would show up just by chance with a probability of p=0.328 under a\nnull hypothesis. Therefore, there is no evidence for the hypothesis of faster\ndata variations, and thus for this kind of suggested Micro-Psychokinesis in\nthis experiment.\n