The short answer is “yes”. The “Global Consciousness Project(GPC)” is still alive and well, although it is not much in the “current events” news pool as of late.
Two topics that joejolly has not seen much in the current event news lately are the GCP and the Geneva Conventions. Joejolly searched for information on the Global Consciousness Project. And he found some.
From the website of Skeptic News one can see:
… For example, when Princess Diana’s funeral was held, a “significant” deviation was noted. When the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred, a significant deviation in the pattern of random numbers was detected. When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit following an earthquake on December 26, 2004, a “trend” in the pattern of random numbers was noted….
And from the above one might come to a conclusion that “black boxes” detects tsunamis. But this idea is still in the experimental stage.
Indonesia just experienced a tsunami that has killed 408 with 303 missing. Was that detected by the “black boxes”? If so, joejolly was unable to find a “current event” news record of it.
So, what are those “black boxes”?
One place to start looking for answers is MATRIXYYNTH: The GCP EGG Basket. There you will see interesting graphics with supporting text descriptions like the text description below:
“The purpose of the project was and is to create and document a consistent database of parallel streams of random numbers generated by high-quality physical sources. The goal is to determine whether any correlations might be detectable of statistics from these data with independent long-term physical or sociological variables. In the original experimental design we asked the more limited question whether there is a detectable correlation of deviations from …
http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2009/11/gcp-egg-basket-observer-social.html
But if the above level of information is difficult, one can venture back to Skeptic News to read this explanation of the “black box” process:
… To attempt to do so, they have created a “black box” that randomly generates zeros and ones. If there are no outside influences, the random pattern of zeros and ones should be just that—random. However, if the global consciousness of the population of the planet effects the random number generator, then the pattern would no longer be random. There might be a “spike” of an increased number of ones, indicating a change in the global consciousness of the planet, such as a major news event. …
The process, mentioned by skeptic news, reminds one of how “voice” rides radio waves in going from one place to another. Something, we know not what, seems to “modulate” the steady stream of random numbers(radio waves?) and indicates a presence or a disturbance in the system. And after Professor Stephen Hawking’s comments on gravity, one might wonder just how much does earth know about itself.
[One can see the overall summary of results of the Global Consciousness Project” from August 1998 to October 2010 here.
[And, perhaps, one should also keep in mind that getting random numbers from computer programs is not easy. The black box program is driven by real random numbers. Computer programs are, straight from the factory, more likely to generate pseudo-random numbers – meaning those “random numbers” will, in time repeat.]
[ And, of course, Skeptic News site is skeptical of black box assertions.]
