On the Double-Slit Experiment of Dean Radin
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This short theoretical essay tackles a fascinating problem lurking inside Dean Radin's famous double-slit experiments, where meditators apparently shifted the behavior of photons (tiny particles of light) just by paying attention to them. Meditators produced small but consistent effects on interference patterns, while non-meditators did not. But here's the clever catch the author raises: if human intention really can nudge physical systems, then the experimenters themselves — who presumably want positive results — might be unconsciously influencing the outcome too. That's a headache-inducing problem for any psi research, not just this experiment. The author also floats an exotic physics framework called Topological Geometrodynamics, proposing that "magnetic flux tubes" could physically connect an observer's attention to lab equipment, offering a mechanism for how mind might touch matter. It's speculative, but it shows how fringe physics tries to meet fringe psychology halfway.
Abstract
Dean Radin and his team have carried out an interesting variant of double-slit experiment using laser beam to test the idea that observer induces state function reduction. Wave aspect of photons implies that photons arrive through both slits to the screen, where the absorbed photons give rise to an interference patter. Subject person - either meditator or a person having not practicized meditation - imagines that the photons arriving to the screen arrive through either slit - that is intend to detect through which slit the photon goes. A slight deviation of the interference pattern from that obtained in absence of the subject person emerges in the case of meditators. Second experiment is carried out via net and similar effect is obtained. In this article a TGD explanation for the findings is discussed.
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📋 Cite this paper
Pitkänen, Matti (2017). On the Double-Slit Experiment of Dean Radin. Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research.
@article{pitkanen_2017_radin_double_slit_critique,
title = {On the Double-Slit Experiment of Dean Radin},
author = {Pitkänen, Matti},
year = {2017},
journal = {Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research},
}