Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR)

Normally one would think that a prestigious university like Princeton would be rather conservative about the research it engages in. That's why I was more than a little surprised when I read about this program.

http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/index.htm

Apparently these folks have spent the last 20 years or so investigating the ability to affect a Random Number Generator with the mind (which they call an anomaly) . What really got me about this research was the quote,

"These anomalies can be demonstrated with the operators located up to thousands of miles from the laboratory, exerting their efforts hours before or after the actual operation of the devices."

Now consider the implications of this statement. It means that whatever this effect is, it neither suffers from attenuation across time nor space and it can reach into the future AND INTO THE PAST!! In other words, the effect can be felt before it's applied!

This leads me to suspect that it's far more likely, FAR MORE LIKELY, that the only effect is in the researcher's imaginations.