A possible comparison group to act as a control for Kurzweil’s predictions is Joseph Mcmoneagle remote viewing work. His book, “The Ultimate Time Machine: A Remote Viewer’s Perception of Time, and Predictions for the New Millennium” offers multiple, precise predictions that are precise enough to use your 5 point scale.
For example, on page 247:
1) By 2010, a single light fiber, half the diameter of a human hair, will be capable of carrying a million gigabits per second
2) Hard disk computer storage systems will be replaced in 2008 with electromagnetic/chemical storage systems
page 248:
3) The standard RAM on the average machine in 2008 will be 128 MB, with 256 MB the industrial standard on business machines
page 249:
4) A new home sound system will be unveiled by one of the leaders in the sound industry between 2002 and 2004. It will produce sound that is controlled by computer to simulate 360 degree surround sound, or 3-D sound simulation. The computer will use sensors to detect how many people are in the room and where they are located in comparison to the shape of the room and the furniture in it. It will then alter the sound being emitted from ten or more speakers… (continues)
5) Within ten years (1998 to 2008) there will be a silver bullet cure for most cancers, as well as the development of a vaccine for AIDS
There are many other categories of prediction in the book besides technology, including politics and government, the environment, economics, social (anthropology, archeology, arts, education, etc) and economics.
As a bonus, the predictions include the year 3000. This is nice because kurzweil loves to compare the intuitive linear view to the his law of accelerating returns. If parapsychology is like the control group for science, why not put this declaration to the test? There are many predictions in the book, probably well over 100 that can be tested already.
Granted, this book is in a popular format, but so is Kurzweil’s books, so I believe it is an apt comparison. In other words, this book does not represent the absolute highest quality possible for remote viewing work. For that, you might try the Farsight Institute. Here is an example of what I would consider high quality remote viewing work:
I did not get a chance to download the data that was encrypted in order to prevent cheating. What I would like to know is if anyone on the forum knows anyone who did get a chance to snag the data prior to the remote viewing session. Furthermore, anyone else know of a way that they may be cheating or fooling themselves?
A major advantage of using this book is that it was published prior to Kurzweil’s book, in 1998. But one may have to check kurzweilai.net (and Kurzweil’s previous work) to see if Mcmoneagle copied (intentional or not) Kurzweil’s views.
A possible comparison group to act as a control for Kurzweil’s predictions is Joseph Mcmoneagle remote viewing work. His book, “The Ultimate Time Machine: A Remote Viewer’s Perception of Time, and Predictions for the New Millennium” offers multiple, precise predictions that are precise enough to use your 5 point scale.
For example, on page 247:
1) By 2010, a single light fiber, half the diameter of a human hair, will be capable of carrying a million gigabits per second 2) Hard disk computer storage systems will be replaced in 2008 with electromagnetic/chemical storage systems
page 248:
3) The standard RAM on the average machine in 2008 will be 128 MB, with 256 MB the industrial standard on business machines
page 249:
4) A new home sound system will be unveiled by one of the leaders in the sound industry between 2002 and 2004. It will produce sound that is controlled by computer to simulate 360 degree surround sound, or 3-D sound simulation. The computer will use sensors to detect how many people are in the room and where they are located in comparison to the shape of the room and the furniture in it. It will then alter the sound being emitted from ten or more speakers… (continues) 5) Within ten years (1998 to 2008) there will be a silver bullet cure for most cancers, as well as the development of a vaccine for AIDS
There are many other categories of prediction in the book besides technology, including politics and government, the environment, economics, social (anthropology, archeology, arts, education, etc) and economics.
As a bonus, the predictions include the year 3000. This is nice because kurzweil loves to compare the intuitive linear view to the his law of accelerating returns. If parapsychology is like the control group for science, why not put this declaration to the test? There are many predictions in the book, probably well over 100 that can be tested already.
Granted, this book is in a popular format, but so is Kurzweil’s books, so I believe it is an apt comparison. In other words, this book does not represent the absolute highest quality possible for remote viewing work. For that, you might try the Farsight Institute. Here is an example of what I would consider high quality remote viewing work:
http://www.farsight.org/Peer-Reviewed-Research/Courtney_Brown_JSE_Temporal_Outbounder_Spring_2012_published_article.pdf
I did not get a chance to download the data that was encrypted in order to prevent cheating. What I would like to know is if anyone on the forum knows anyone who did get a chance to snag the data prior to the remote viewing session. Furthermore, anyone else know of a way that they may be cheating or fooling themselves?
A major advantage of using this book is that it was published prior to Kurzweil’s book, in 1998. But one may have to check kurzweilai.net (and Kurzweil’s previous work) to see if Mcmoneagle copied (intentional or not) Kurzweil’s views.