Some people might get the feeling that they can read the mind of another person in occasions like in an intense conversation two people have. Most of the time they just ignore this observation because in western tradition it is not an accepted as a valid sensory experience.

In the field of parapsychology studies are made that prove the “mind reader” effect over and over again in the disputed Ganzfeld (whole field, German) experiments. These are statistical evidence based experiments where a sensory blocked person in a cabin is asked to see the pictures another person in the same room is looking at. These experiments are disputed because of the unclear data aggregation and the methodological errors.  Just as in medicine the proof exists that the drug Paracetamol reduces headache and blood pressure because of statistical evidence. Both studies describe the phenomenon by measuring the input and output and work with control mechanisms to rule out unwanted effects. However showing statistical evidence does not mean that we understand how it might work.

In the field of quantum physics there is a theory called the “Zero Point Field Theory” or “Vacuum state” that might explain the “mind reader” effect. However this theory has almost increased to religious proportions in the area of pseudo-science. Very creative people who relate more value to this theory than its original intent. Sadly I soon appear to become one of those

According to the article “The amazing promises of the Zero Point Field” by Tijn Touber in the Ode Magazine issue of November 2003, information about occurrences is available in the Zero Point Field despite of time and space. Proof for this phenomenon has been proved by Physicist Hall Puthoff of Stanford University in  336 comparable experiments. I haven’t researched the success rate of these experiments, or whether these experiments have been validated by peers, but I trust that there is a valid significant effect.

Theory

In this section I will describe the Vacuum state, quantum teleportation, and quantum effects in the brain influencing brain activity.

Describing the characteristics of the Vacuum state. The vacuum state in quantum physics is not a physical vacuum. It is a vacuum of time and space where particles are constantly popping in and out of existence resulting in a nothingness, as if nothing has ever occurred. Evidence for this field is the back-ground gamma radiation all around us. This low level gamma-ray radiation occurs when a positive and negative particle pop into existence, but failing to dissolve to each other  completely leaving behind energy in the form of gamma radiation.

A second phenomenon in the quantum field is called quantum teleportation. It transfers quantum information, a qubit, from one quantum system to another.

A third phenomenon in the neuroscience, and a key to quantum computing, is that quantum effects occur when the brain fires millions of electrical pulses through neurones, influencing memories, thoughts and other brain functionalities. See: Quantum Physics in Neuroscience and Psychology: A New Theory With Respect to Mind/Brain Interaction, Schwartz, J.M. and Stapp, Henry P. and Beauregard, M, Download URL, Journal: arXiv.org, Year: 2004. See also: Quantum Computation in Brain Microtubules? The Penrose-Hameroff ‘Orch OR’ Model of Consciousness [and Discussion], by Stuart Hameroff and P. Marcer © 1998 The Royal Society.

Conclusion

Mixing the three phenomena together might fit a sound description for explaining the “mind reading” effect.

a. a field or vacuum state that holds and transfers quantum information

b. quantum information can be teleported/duplicated from one quantum system to another through that vacuum state at the same time.

c. quantum effects have influence on brain/mind functions.

It might be so that the brain B is able to emit or broadcast quantum information to a receptor brain R. The brain R might be very receptical to quantum information in the Zero Point Field that costs less energy to change its state.

Discussion

Malcom Gladwell argues in his book “Blink” that people can make decisions in a blink of an eye, if they are receptive for cues they get from sensory information, and have a lot of experience in a certain field of expertise. The brain is trained to recognise the patterns it has learned from years of training. Such as an art expert can see in a blink of an eye whether a piece of art is original or a fraud. This might conclude that mind reading in a conversation one has, is that two people might know the context and the progress of a conversation so well they almost could fill in each other’s sentences, just because humans by nature are experts in having a conversation especially in subjects they love to talk about.

Future work

The question remains; how creates the broadcasting brain a quantum tunnel for transferring quantum information to influence the thoughts of another receptor brain? Why just that particular receptor brain, and not others? Are the other brains blocking the noize of all the quantum information that occurs in the vacuum state, just like people can hear another person speak in a noisy room?

Discussion – off-topic

A non related question goes further: If the quantum information in the zero point field is not related tot space and time, can we train our brains to look into the past, future and other galaxies? (like the Space Navigators in Frank Herbert’s Dune novels) See also: Engineering the Zero-Point Field and Polarizable Vacuum For Interstellar Flight, H. E. Puthoff, S. R. Little, M. Ibison, arXiv:astro-ph/0107316v2

Further reading

• Quantum Computing: The Future may be Nearer Than we Think, June 29, 2005 science@berkeley lab

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