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IONS授权智悲佛网翻译发布 Translation and Republishing Authorized by IONS 关于心念似乎能够影响物质的案例 Cases of mind seemingly influencing matter, 从古至今在很多文化中都有记载 have been reported across many cultures and throughout history. 这些故事很多令人难以置信 Many of these stories strain credulity, 它们到底有没有事实根据？ but could they have a basis in reality? 为了探索心念与物质之间的关系 To explore the relationship between mind and matter, 近一个世纪以来，科学家们一直在进行对照试验 scientists have been conducting controlled experiments for nearly a century. 早期的心-物研究 Early mind-matter studies, 例如20世纪30年代 J.B 莱茵所做的实验 such as those by J.B Rhine in the 1930’s, 按照今天的标准来说都属于初级研究 were basic by today’s standards. 他们想看看人的心念是否会影响一些简单事件的结果 They investigated to see if people could influence the outcomes of simple events, 比如掷骰子 like dice throws. 20世纪70年代，出现了肯定性的报道 While positive results were reported in the 1970’s, 物理学家赫尔穆特·施密特改进了研究方法 physicist Helmut Schmidt refined the approach 他设计出第一台电子随机数字发生器，简称RNG by designing the first electronic random number generator or RNG. 施密特设计的早期的随机数字发生器，其“抛硬币”（即生成随机数字）行为Schmidt’s early RNG derived its coinflip from the release of electrons， 是通过一块弱放射性物质释放电子来实现的 from a piece of weakly radioactive material. 施密特发现，当受试者用意念刻意影响随机数字发生器时 Schmidt found that when participants mentally intended to influence the RNG, 发生器的实际结果就会朝着受试者意图的方向轻微偏移 its outputs actually changed to go slightly in the direction of their intention. 虽然这种效应非常微弱 The effect was very small, 但总体来说，具有非常显著的统计学意义 but overall it was highly statistically significant. 此后的实验 Later experiments, 例如普林斯顿工程异常研究实验室的实验 such as those carried out at Princeton’s Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, 证实了施密特的结论 confirmed Schmidt’s results. 当受试者意图让随机数字发生器产生更多或“高”或“低”的计数时 When participants intended an RNG to produce more ‘high’ or ‘low’ counts, 统计结果就会偏离随机性 the statistical outputs departed from randomness 其偏离方向与受试者的意向一致 in accordance with their intentions. 近三十年的研究，为心-物效应找到了肯定性证据 Nearly three decades of research produced positive evidence of a mind-matter effect, 同时还发现，这种效应出于偶然性的几率小于万亿分之一 associated with odds against chance of greater than a trillion to one. 其他实验 Other experiments, 例如思维科学研究所的科学家所做的实验 such as those carried out by researchers at the Institute of Noetic Sciences 不仅证实了早期的研究结果 not only supported earlier findings; 而且他们还发现 they found that 心理状态和共同情感的变化 changes in mental states andshared emotions 似乎也会影响随机数字发生器 also seemed to influence RNGs. 当研究者将随机数字发生器放置到有很多人参与的活动中 When researchers took RNGs to events where large groups of people 而且当活动中的人们处于相似的思想和情绪时 engaged in similar thoughts and emotions, 这些设备的结果常常会偏离它们平时的随机状态 the devices were often seen to depart from their ordinary random behavior. 由普林斯顿心理学家罗杰·纳尔逊主持的“全球觉知试验项目” The Global Consciousness Project, led by Princeton psychologist Roger Nelson, 将这一想法扩大到世界范围 took this idea to a planetary scale, 建立了全球随机数字发生器网络 setting up a world wide network of RNGs. 纳尔逊预测认为 Nelson predicted that 当世界瞩目的大事发生时 global events capturing the attention of entire populations 在整个随机数字发生器网络中，可能会检测到结果向随机性之外的偏离 might produce detectable departures from randomness across the entire network. 在20多年里 Over 2 decades, 当全球500重大事件中的任何一件 some 500 globally significant events, 包括新年庆祝、恐怖袭击或自然灾害等发生时 including New Years celebrations, terrorist attacks and natural disasters, 随机数字发生器网络中统计结果的偏离就会显著增加 were associated with significant increases in statistical order in the network. 而且，这种结果出于偶然性的几率小于万亿分之一 Together, the odds that these results are due to chance are greater than a trillion to one。 这种效应是怎样产生的 How these effects occur 它们意味着什么 and what they mean 仍然是未解之谜 remain mysterious, 然而大量的研究表明 and yet a large number of studies indicate 注意力和意图指向哪里 that where attention and intention go, 机器的结果也会神奇地偏向那里 order mysteriously flows. 心-物研究提示我们 The mind-matter research hints 意识和物质世界之间存在着重要关联 the existence of an important relationship between consciousness and the physical world. 这意味着，古老的信仰所认为的 It implies that the ancient belief “心念在现实中占据着根本地位”的理念 thatmind occupies a fundamental place in reality 可能有着真实依据 could have a basis in truth. |
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