Correlations between onsite and global networks of random number generators during group healing meditations.
Explore (New York, N.Y.) January 1, 2026 Nachum Plonka, Scott Davies, Mike Atkinson et al.
During meditation workshops with 1000–2200 participants, a network of 40 random number generators placed in the room showed a significant correlation with hundreds of RNGs distributed globally, but only during specific healing meditations. The mean correlation was 0.27. This suggests that highly focused attention or elevated emotional states in a small, coherent group may have a measurable global impact. Additionally, combining local RNG data across healing meditations produced a curve resembling an evoked response in the brain, indicating that a coherently focused signal may evoke a response from the RNGs similar to neural evoked potentials.