Can Human Consciousness Influence Random Number Generators?

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The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) investigates the influence of human consciousness on random number generators (RNGs). Their findings suggest that collective consciousness can impose structure on data generated by RNGs, which are typically perceived as random due to underlying algorithms. This research has been ongoing for decades and is meticulously documented, providing a unique intersection between consciousness studies and data analysis.

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I wonder if many have actually heard of the Global Consciousness project (GCP). Here is a link to their home page.

http://noosphere.princeton.edu

One of their aims was to deduce whether human consciousness affected random number generators and apparently, increase in collective consciousness appears to give structure to seemingly random data. Of course, the data is not really random because there is an algorithm behind it but still it is pretty interesting. The experiments have been going on for decades and have been carefully documented.
 
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