Crawford Cindy C, Jonas Wayne B, Nelson Roger, Wirkus Margaret, Wirkus Mietek
Institute for Information Biology, Alexandria, VA, USA.
J Altern Complement Med. 2003 Jun;9(3):345-53. doi: 10.1089/107555303765551570.
To determine whether alterations in random events, as measured by a Random event generator (REG), occur in association with a bioenergy healing practice.
Two REGs were set up and run in parallel: one in a bioenergy healer's office and another at a local library as a control. Two multiday sets of data were collected in each setting. A third set was collected in which a reduced amount of attention was placed on the REG by the healer. REG excursions were calculated and compared for (1) overall days in the library and bioenergy healer's office, (2) healing and nonhealing phases in the healing office, and (3) overall excursions during high(sets 1 and 2) and low attention (set 3) by the healer.
The library REG produced excursions outside the 95% confidence interval (CI) on 35 of 61 days (58%), and the REG in the healing practice 47 of 51 days (92%) (mean difference, 34%; 95% CI, 18% to 49%; chi(2) = 16.3, 1 df, p < 0.0005). In the healer's office, 0.6496 excursions per segment for healing phases and 0.6548 excursions per segment for nonhealing phases were shown (t = -1.3, 6794 df, p = 0.182). A comparison with chance expectation derived from Monte Carlo runs showed significantly less mean excursions per segment (t = -7.8, 36625 df, p < 0.0005) for healing phases and no difference in nonhealing phases (t = -0.16, 6309 df, p = 0.872). There was no significant difference in excursions between the high- and low-attention situations in the healing practice.
In the presence of a healer, an REG produced greater than chance excursions more often than a control REG in a library setting. The healing and nonhealing phases demonstrated inconsistent results. REG deviations were not influenced by the amount of attention directed toward the machine.
通过随机事件发生器（REG）来确定随机事件的变化是否与生物能量治疗实践相关。
设置两台REG并并行运行：一台在生物能量治疗师办公室，另一台在当地图书馆作为对照。在每个设置中收集两组多天的数据。收集第三组数据时，治疗师对REG的关注减少。计算并比较REG偏移情况，用于（1）图书馆和生物能量治疗师办公室的总体天数，（2）治疗办公室的治疗和非治疗阶段，以及（3）治疗师高度关注（第1组和第2组）和低度关注（第3组）期间的总体偏移。
图书馆的REG在61天中有35天（58%）产生了超出95%置信区间（CI）的偏移，而治疗实践中的REG在51天中有47天（92%）产生了超出95%置信区间的偏移（平均差异为34%；95%CI为18%至49%；χ² = 16.3，1自由度，p < 0.0005）。在治疗师办公室，治疗阶段每段显示0.6496次偏移，非治疗阶段每段显示0.6548次偏移（t = -1.3，6794自由度，p = 0.182）。与蒙特卡罗模拟得出的随机预期相比，治疗阶段每段的平均偏移显著更少（t = -7.8，36625自由度，p < 0.0005），非治疗阶段无差异（t = -0.16，6309自由度，p = 0.872）。治疗实践中高度关注和低度关注情况之间的偏移无显著差异。
在有治疗师在场的情况下，与图书馆环境中的对照REG相比，REG产生超出随机水平偏移的频率更高。治疗和非治疗阶段显示出不一致的结果。REG偏差不受对机器关注程度的影响。
