Matos Luís Carlos, Santos Sara Cristina, Anderson Joel G, Machado Jorge, Greten Henry Johannes, Monteiro Fernando Jorge
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto 4200-465, Portugal.
College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, U S A.
J Complement Integr Med. 2020 Mar 31. doi: 10.1515/jcim-2017-0056.
Background The biofield is a controversial concept among the scientific community. Some aspects of this phenomenon relate to measurable factors of mainstream science such as electromagnetics, while others, involving nonlocal interventions, intention, and consciousness, seem to produce physical changes through mechanisms that are still unknown, making the outcomes of many studies not fully explained by our current state of scientific understanding. This study explored the hypothetical effects of intention on the conditioning of a pH system with continuous data acquisition for real-time measurements. As a follow-up study, those effects were related to changes in the physicochemical properties of water samples chosen as a target in a previous large-scale intervention of focused intention. Methods The intention experiments were conducted under controlled conditions from the 8th to September 11, 2015. During this period, 286 qualified biofield therapy practitioners meditated at a distance with the intention of changing the vibrational state of the water molecules contained in specific flasks. Several variables were evaluated, including the magnetic field and ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS) radiation from 175 to 954 nm near the experimental spot, as well as Raman spectra, pH, and electrical conductivity of all the water samples. After this period, real-time pH measurements of water samples were taken with the same equipment and under the same experimental conditions, except for the practitioners' awareness of those experiments, and without their focused intention. Real-time pH, electrical conductivity and the concentration of cations and anions measured by ion chromatography in the water samples were used to test the proposed hypothesis. Results Real-time pH was responsive during the intention experiments and after this period. Further continuous measurements performed after the 11th September showed that the pH variations overtime kept a systematic and consistent tendency similar to the one observed during the experimental activities involving focused intention. After the replacement of the electrode internal electrolyte, this behavior was no longer verified, and the pH was stable as the initial tests to evaluate the equipment sensitivity. Conclusions After the experimental period involving focused intention, the pH system maintained a systematic and consistent behavior while measuring the pH of new water samples. An eventual intention-mediated conditioning of the pH measurement system occurred because of changes in the properties of the electrode internal electrolyte.
背景 生物场是科学界中一个有争议的概念。这一现象的某些方面与主流科学的可测量因素相关，如电磁学，而其他方面，涉及非局部干预、意图和意识，似乎通过仍不为人知的机制产生物理变化，使得许多研究结果无法完全用我们当前的科学理解状态来解释。本研究通过连续数据采集进行实时测量，探索了意图对pH系统调节的假设效应。作为一项后续研究，这些效应与在先前大规模聚焦意图干预中选为目标的水样的物理化学性质变化相关。
方法 意图实验于2015年9月8日至11日在受控条件下进行。在此期间，286名合格的生物场疗法从业者进行远距离冥想，意图改变特定烧瓶中水分子的振动状态。评估了几个变量，包括实验点附近175至954纳米的磁场和紫外可见（UV-VIS）辐射，以及所有水样的拉曼光谱、pH值和电导率。在此期间之后，除了从业者对这些实验的知晓情况且没有他们的聚焦意图外，使用相同设备并在相同实验条件下对水样进行实时pH测量。水样中通过离子色谱法测量的实时pH值、电导率以及阳离子和阴离子浓度用于检验所提出的假设。
结果 在意图实验期间及之后，实时pH值有反应。9月11日之后进行的进一步连续测量表明，pH值随时间的变化保持着一种系统且一致的趋势，类似于在涉及聚焦意图的实验活动中观察到的趋势。更换电极内部电解质后，这种行为不再得到验证，并且pH值如评估设备灵敏度的初始测试那样保持稳定。
结论 在涉及聚焦意图的实验期之后，pH系统在测量新水样的pH值时保持着系统且一致的行为。由于电极内部电解质性质的变化，最终发生了意图介导的pH测量系统调节。
