Random number spikes?

[Jiggerj]

I don't know where to post this, so if there's a need to move it I'm okay with it.

 

I've come across two documentaries that claim there are computers all over the world that are running random number generators. Supposedly, every one of these generators spikes when a catastrophe happens in the world. I'll post a link to one of the shows below, but I have no idea what a spike means in this context. Do all the computers start generating the same numbers? I have no clue. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/reality-extended-mind/

[md65536]

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

There's some info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Consciousness_Project -- doesn't seem so "sold" on the idea as the videos.

 

The videos present the topic in a very biased way. I don't think they're reliable sources.

 

I read about the Princeton Eggs years ago and found it fascinating. I think there is probably something to it, something interesting that should be explainable in the future with better physics understanding.

 

 

 

[Jiggerj]

There's some info here: http://en.wikipedia....ousness_Project -- doesn't seem so "sold" on the idea as the videos.

 

The videos present the topic in a very biased way. I don't think they're reliable sources.

 

 

What raised my eyebrows is the fact that it was never mentioned if any spikes (whatever they are) occurred when there was no catastrophe.

 

What raised my eyebrows is the fact that it was never mentioned if any spikes (whatever they are) occurred when there was no catastrophe.

 

From that link: The spikes are "synchronized parallel sequences of random numbers". In 65 computers around the world? Not saying it's wrong, just that it's hard to believe it.