Originally Posted by to_hobbes

Ok WilliamBlue, I just got done reading this explanation and I think you and I are both wrong.

Experiments have been performed, but they have nothing to do with random numbers predicting the global events. It has to do with, if everyone is thinking the same kinds of thoughts at the same time, does this change the behavior of a quantum random number generator.

Now this is interesting. I think the results imply that the human mind emits energy waves in certain patterns, and that the patterns emitted have a net effect on the environment, enough so to influence tiny quantum events. In other words, when lots of people think the same thing, noticable energy patterns emerge.

Now, lets say for example, that a concrete mathematic theory was formed that allowed us to know exactly what a large group of people were thinking if they were all thinking the same thing at the same time. This would be useful, for exapmle, if the military could station 'eggs' around Iraq and then look for shifts in the random numbers to determine if lots of people were actively thinking about committing a suicide bombing. They might be able to find the evil-thinkers and stop them, or at least tighten security.

But this is also kind of creepy, it means it might be possible to read peoples minds using non-intrusive techniques, i.e. someone could read your mind and you wouldn't even know they were doing it.