PEAR random-event-generator experiments
🎓 Academic researchAs in the Telekinesis entry.
VerdictReplication failed.
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Probability Manipulation
Changing odds (making luck the norm)
Reality checkMind-changing-odds — PEAR’s 28 years say ‘a tiny bit’, replication says ‘no’; what’s truly recorded is extremely lucky/unlucky people: a ranger struck by lightning 7 times, a double atomic-bomb survivor, a stats PhD who won 4 lottery jackpots.
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Schmidt quantum-random-number PK experiments
🎓 Academic researchUsed a radioactive-decay true-RNG to test mind influence — seen as the start of micro-PK experiments.
VerdictWeak effect, questioned methods.
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‘The Luck Factor’: 400 people tracked 10 years
🎓 Academic researchSelf-described ‘lucky’ people are more extroverted, relaxed and better at noticing chances.
VerdictLuck is a behaviour pattern, not an ability.
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Roy Sullivan: struck by lightning 7 times and survived
📜 On recordA Shenandoah National Park ranger survived seven lightning strikes.
VerdictAn extreme-probability case.
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi: survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki
🏛️ Official recordInjured at Hiroshima, he returned to work in Nagasaki and was hit by the second bomb three days later, living to 93.
VerdictThe only officially recognised double survivor.
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Joan Ginther: 4 lottery jackpots
📜 On recordA Stanford statistics PhD won four jackpots totalling over $20M; some suspect she worked out the scratch-ticket distribution.
VerdictLuck or maths — undetermined.
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