EducationGuardian.co.uk | Higher | The

by phil on Thursday Aug 7, 2003 5:16 PM
global mind

EducationGuardian.co.uk | Higher | The Global Mind: "Now, imagine the Earth as a brain; humans - perhaps all life - as brain cells; and a network of Random Event Generators (REGs, like high-speed, electronic coin tossers) as electrodes. This is the Global Consciousness Project and it appears to be measuring, well _ something. Begun in 1998, it now involves more than 75 networked computers known as Eggs ('electrogaiagrams') in about 30 countries, including the US, UK (two), Russia, Fiji, Cuba and Romania. "