Adventures with the Mind-Machine PK(?) 3 comments

13 Feb 2004 @ 11:16, by Craig Lang I posted this in the PSI room, but after thinking about it overnight, I thought that it might be interesting for general consumption. The last week or so has been very interesting from the point of view of (unintended) mind-machine interactions. I have had a couple of instances where the computer locked up when I started using it (Yes, I know - it's Microsoft...). Both of these times were when I felt quite stressed and in a hurry. In the last week or two, I have had rather shallow meditations, and had a lot of kinetic mental energy - not negative, just frenetic - quite creative, actually. But in meditation, it has been difficult to clear out the junk thoughts - an annoyance which nearly any meditator has probably known at one time or another. I have also noted that at times like this, light bulbs in my house tend to be somewhat shorter-lived. A couple of days ago, I got home from the day job, and needed to quick boot up my machine, to print out some paperwork before I began my evening hypnosis session work. It had been one of those days, where things happen at too fast a pace. And so I felt a bit rushed when I got home. When I powered up the machine, it booted OK, but when I tried to launch Word, to print out the document, the PC froze. This happened twice. So I never did get the document printed out, which I had needed for the session. So we just winged it - and it turned out to work out OK, anyhow... :-) After the session, I was in a much more relaxed state of mind (I often find that after I have done hypnotic work, I as well as the client, both get much more relaxed). I again started up the PC. This time, when I accessed the document, it came up and printed just fine. Go figure... :-) A similar thing happenned at work two days before, with some software I was writing, and also with a piece of test equipment software I was using. Both screwed up in amazing and novel ways, and did so at a time when I felt extremely rushed and harried. Also, the office copier broke down immediately as I was trying to run some stuff off for a meeting. There is the joke - if you can call it that - that machines such as PCs, office copiers, etc. have built in criticality sensors, warranty timers, and demonstration detectors (tuned to the presence of senior management, customers, etc.) - all of which make machines fail at the most important times. I am beginning to experinece to just how much of an extent the quantum mind-machine interface is a reality.

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