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Project: Harvard University (h2o), Project 14: Dreamlab 2007
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Affiliation: Eric J. Lindblom PhD
Starts: 9/1/07 Ends: Leaders: delta, lindblom Keywords: HARVARD UNIVERSITY, harvard, lindblom, psychology, dreamlab, cognitive science systems project Participants: 21 (view all) Description: PROJECT 14: T-H-E V-I-R-T-U-A-L D-R-E-A-M-L-A-B at Harvard University, h2o. The purpose of this project is toward a complex ultimate dream interaction laboratory, a Dreamlab, as part of a General Science Laboratory effort in Cognitive Science Systems at Harvard University h2o. Please note disclaimer below. This site is not affiliated with any other person or organization express or implied. This site and this course are not affiliated with Harvard University, Harvard Law School or the Berkman Center. ~ Eric J. Lindblom PhD
************* Project 14: Dreamlab This dreamlab project is a first in a series of projects: 1.) Cognitive Science Systems: Biological Systems, 2.) Cognitive Science Systems: Social Systems, 3.) Cognitive Science Systems: Ethical Systems, 4.) Cognitive Science Systems: Organizational Systems, 5.) Cognitive Science Systems: Methods and Disciplined Inquiry, Part One, 6.) Cognitive Science Systems: Methods and Disciplined Inquiry, Part Two, 7.) Cognitive Science Systems: Data Gathering and Analysis, 8.) Cognitive Science Systems: Falsification, 9.) Cognitive Science Systems: Results, Conclusion, Discussion, 10.) Publication Methods, Techniques and Praxis. *************
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This course material has proven to be very popular so please see that this course has a full complement of students at this time. (Please see popular forerunners and disclaimer immediately below.) Exclusivity is not intentional. The alternative is to consult the companion course at Rice University Connexions. The Rice University course is up and running now. ~ Lindblom *** PLEASE NOTE DUE CREDIT IS GIVEN TO STANLEY KRIPPNER PhD
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THE DREAM LABORATORY AT HARVARD Please note that at this time the newly formed alpha course, Dreamlab, is looking for senders and receivers for dreamlab experimentation (data collection and analysis) following The Maimonides Protocols. ~ What is a sender? ~ What is a reciever? See:
THE SET-UP It is imperative the various points made by this course must be clear as many people are watching to see the scientific protocol is followed with exactitude. (Maximum rigor shall be applied without question.) *** The scientific process needs to be: "Comprehensive a clear demonstration of holistic systems thinking. Anticipatory projectively tracking critical trends and needs; identifying and assessing long term consequences of proposed solutions. Ecologically responsible reflective and supportive of nature's underlying processes, patterns and principles. Verifiable able to withstand rigorous empirical testing. Replicable capable of being readily undertaken by others. Achievable likely to be implemented successfully and broadly adopted."
*** Therefore, the rationale and the logic for the course is explained express not implied on this website. Please note disclaimer below. The intent is clear. Objectives, Goals and Definitions are clearly explained. Any questions should be directed to the Project Lead in the interest of maximum clarity. In the absence of researchable questions about the process, it can be assumed there are none. (Time is of the essence.) The point, then, is to exercise maximum control for any experimentation that may take place so that the rigors of science are respected absolutely without question. Having said that, there are many pilot projects planned to test the system prior to full application. Here are steps in the scientific process: As disciplined inquiry, the course shall begin with a fairly standard application of The Scientific Method as: 1. identify researchable problem 2. derive hypothesis 3. literature review of research 4. develop methodology 5. data collection and analysis 6. analysis 7. falsification 8. results & conclusions 9. interpretation Copr. 2007 Eric Lindblom
*** Thank you for your patience. Eric J. Lindblom PhD
Harvard University (The h2o Project)
************* Max Wertheimer "The basic thesis of gestalt theory might be formulated thus:
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Getting Started: The first step in The Lindblom Protocol is to identify the researchable problem or problems. The process takes time and is the stage at which the dreamlab is at present:
"There are several preparations we make before we observe the data. The hypothesis must be stated in mathematical/statistical terms that make it possible to calculate the probability of possible samples assuming the hypothesis is correct. For example: The mean response to treatment being tested is equal to the mean response to the placebo in the control group. Both responses have the normal distribution with this unknown mean and the same known standard deviation ... (value). A test statistic must be chosen that will summarize the information in the sample that is relevant to the hypothesis. Such a statistic is known as a sufficient statistic. In the example given above, it might be the numerical difference between the two sample means, m1 − m2. The distribution of the test statistic is used to calculate the probability sets of possible values (usually an interval or union of intervals). In this example, the difference between sample means would have a normal distribution with a standard deviation equal to the common standard deviation times the factor where n1 and n2 are the sample sizes. Among all the sets of possible values, we must choose one that we think represents the most extreme evidence against the hypothesis. That is called the critical region of the test statistic. The probability of the test statistic falling in the critical region when the hypothesis is correct is called the alpha value (or size) of the test. The probability that a sample falls in the critical region when the parameter is ¦È, where ¦È is for the alternative hypothesis, is called the power of the test at ¦È. The power function of a critical region is the function that maps ¦È to the power of ¦È." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis_testing *** 1. identify researchable problem Popular Forerunners to the Dreamlab: *** 2003 Project 14: Dreampilot At Harvard h2o 2004 Project 14: Dreamstudy At Harvard h2o 2005 Project 14: Dreamtable At Harvard h2o 2006 Project 14: Dreamwork At Harvard h2o then 2007 Project 14: Dreamlab at Harvard h2o *** 1. identify researchable problem Forerunner course support websites: http://dreampilot.bravehost.com http://dreamstudy.bravehost.com http://dreamtable.bravehost.com http://dreamworks.bravehost.com *** As this course develops, Project 14: Dreamlab 2007, course websites shall arise from bravehost and from Rice University. *** 1. identify researchable problem Please note the following beginnings: Course support websites: http://dreamteams.bravehost.com http://communication.bravehost.com http://skepticism.bravehost.com *** 1. identify researchable problem More developed course websites: http://project14.bravehost.com http://transforming.bravehost.com http://referential.bravehost.com *** Toward a Virtual Dream Laboratory at Harvard University h2o Please note disclaimer below. *** The following description is of Project 14: Dreamlab 1. identify researchable problem Project 14: Dreamlab is a set of several projects in activist research into the horrible and extremely violent set of problems known as The Dead Women of Ju¨¢rez. Just to provide some background, Project 14 was formed on September 14, 2004 at the Harvard University h2o Project, Harvard Law School toward A Harvard University Virtual Dream Laboratory. ---------------------------------------- Project 14 Dreamlab The ultimate interactional dreamlab is divided into several step-by-step mini-projects to get started. Why? The establishment of a dream laboratory is very difficult. There is a history of that difficulty that can be documented: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Dream+Laboratory%22 *** http://project14.bravehost.com defines some of the concerns a dreamlab has. It is not yet the exhaustive documentation needed to be fully evidential but it is a much needed start. The evidential shall surely follow. The initial task, then is 1. identify researchable problem. ****** That is the idea, to start it. ******
There is some considerable history to the dreamlab concept. Several have been tried over the last fifty years or so. Most if not all no longer exist for a variety of reasons. Funding is a major reason. Controversy may be another. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Dream+Laboratory%22 *** Therefore, the initial Pilot for the main Dreamlab project is Project 14: Dreamlab. *** It is a beginning toward A Virtual Dream Laboratory at Harvard University. Please see http://dreamlab.bravehost.com for a frame of reference, some of the issues and some of the history of a dreamlab concept. Please note disclaimer below. *************
HYPOTHESES: 2. derive hypothesis ***** The logic is that this dreamwork project at Harvard can 1.) use the Native American Blue Kachina Concept adapted to lucid Mapuche and Chono dreamwork to move consciousness from a lower reality to a higher level: Aztl¨¢n. Mapuche: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Mapuche+dreamwork Chono: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Chono+dream+chile
3.) The hypothesized effect is in raising of consciousness, purification and intense activism. ******************* TBA 3. literature review of research See: http://www.stanleykrippner.com http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dream+study *************
METHODS: 4. develop methodology In addition to the Blue Kachina concept, Project 14: Dreamwork uses The Ullman method for looking at dreams as a Harvard University Virtual Dream Laboratory. *** First the Blue Kachina concept shall be described here then the Ullman method. *** -------------------------------------- What is The Blue Kachina Concept? The concept is a prophecy. "When the Blue Star Kachina makes its appearance in the heavens, the Fifth World will emerge". This will be the Day of Purification." The object of the Kachina concept is symbolized by the star Sirius. The action of that star, according to the prophecy is in "Moving consciousness from one reality or frequency - to another" http://www.crystalinks.com/sirius.html *** *** The action of the star is personified as Carahue La Calchona. *** *** GOALS *** 4. develop methodology The process of dreamwork sounds easy. All one needs to do is to dream and the fifth world appears (pop!) as if by magic, right? It's a possibility. The dreamwork process is more complex than that. Project 14: Dreamlab, using the Blue Star Kachina concept shall move consciousness from one reality (dreams) to another (waking state at, hopefully, a higher level of functioning). *** The key is in the reaching of a higher level of consciousness. Heighten: "to increase the amount or degree of : AUGMENT b : to make brighter or more intense : DEEPEN c : to bring out more strongly : point up d : to make more acute : SHARPEN" http://www.meriam-webster.com/dictionary/heighten *** Goal: 4. develop methodology The Goal of Project 14: Dreamlab, A Virtual Dream Laboratory at Harvard University The application is to heighten consciousness to the horrible problems in Juarez. *** DEFINITIONS *** 4. develop methodology What, exactly, is the Blue Star? Is it real? The Blue Star: "Sirius is the brightest star in the nighttime sky, with a visual apparent magnitude of -1.46. It is located in the constellation Canis Major. Its name comes from the Latin sirius, from Greek(seirios, "glowing"). It is situated in the eye of the greater dog Canis Major, therefore it is known as the 'Dog Star'." Martin Gashweseoma, Traditional Hopi Elder and Guardian of the Sacred Stone Tablets of the Fire Clan, For details see: http://www.crystalinks.com/hopi2.html Once the Kachina concept is applied, then another, congruent step can be undertaken: the Ullman method (named for Montague Ullman, a well known dream researcher). That process is documented at: http://dreamtable.bravehost.com ------------------------------------- *** DEFINITIONS *** What is the Ullman Method? 4. develop methodology A dream table is assembled now as A Harvard University Virtual Dream Laboratory. Please click the following for a description of the Chono Dream Table. *** (See: http://dreamtable.bravehost.com) Dreamlab work is lucid and while in the state of dreaming. Participants in the collective of dream characters shall be trained with heart then assemble to narrate their dreams. (The entire process is accomplished while in the dream state.) The following Ullman method is applied: "Group Dream Work - Ullman Jungian therapist Montague Ullman developed a highly structured group method of exploring dreams... It is a 4-phase process: 1) A dreamer volunteers and tells a dream in detail. Others may only interrupt to ask clarifying (non-interpretive) questions. 2) Others take the dream as their own, speaking of it as if they had actually dreamed it. They suggest what the dream might mean for them. The dreamer listens without participating. 3) The dream is officially returned to its original creator. The dreamer may respond to everyone else's input, and may share her/his own insights. 4) The dreamer thinks further about the dream, and reports (at a later time) any additional insights." http://www.dreamtree.com/Resources/Methods.htm Please note disclaimer below. *************
DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Inferential Analysis http://inferential.bravehost.com Differential Analysis http://differential.bravehost.com *************
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*** Disclaimer: This site is not affiliated with any other person or organization express or implied. This site and this course are not affiliated with Harvard University, Harvard Law School or the Berkman Center. This site is for educational and/or research purposes only and is NOT for sale. Please note: This site and this course is not affiliated with any of the individuals or organizations quoted on the site. *** Copr. 2007 Eric Lindblom *** http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Shannon http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Shannon+and+Weaver http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Bell+Laboratory http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Lucent+Technology http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/UserCentric?sid=google&s_cid=GC262 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=CIA http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=DARPA *** http://hanson.gmu.edu/PAM/press2/LAT-8-14-03.htm http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/06/05/nyt.safire/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1523143,00.html http://web.jhu.edu/president/speeches/2005/norisk.html http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20030608/ai_n11399284 *** *** Copr. 2007 Eric Lindblom All rights reserved. ***
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