Psychic Tweets: And You Thought Facestalking Was Bad

by Truemorist | June 2, 2009 at 12:44 pm

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Calling all tech-savvy psychics! Twitter is being used for its first-ever psychic experiment, giving a whole new meaning to the term "social medium".

For those ready to enter the brave new world of Divination 2.0, it's time to shelve the crystal ball and grab a Palm (or iPhone or keyboard, as the case may be). Professor Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire in the UK will be taking advantage of Twitter's real-time capabilities to test participants for "remote viewing" ability--being able to psychically identify the location of someone from far away.

Prof Wiseman will travel to each target location and send a message to thousands of participants to "tweet" their thoughts about his surroundings.
Twenty minutes after sending this message he will transmit another containing a website address on which participants can view photographs of the actual location and four decoys. They will then cast their votes.

Wiseman--whose name may or may not belie him depending on the results of this study--will travel to five different locations.

If at the end of the experiment the votes correctly identify at least three targets, it will support the existence of extra-sensory perception. [...] "Personally, I'm sceptical, but three hits would be against odds of one in 125, which would be quite impressive."

So, there you have it. Twitter doesn't just take social networking to another level, it takes it to a whole other plane.

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