The Global Consciousness Project, also called the EGG Project, is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration of scientists, engineers, artists and others. This website introduces methods, technology, and empirical results under the "Scientific Work" menu below, and gives background, interpretations, and implications under "Aesthetic View".

We have been collecting data from a global network of random event generators since August, 1998. The network has grown to about 65 host sites around the world running custom software that reads the output of physical random number generators and records a 200-bit trial sum once every second, continuously over months and years. The data are transmitted over the internet to a server in Princeton, NJ, USA, where they are archived for later analysis. Individual data create a random tapestry of color. The dot below indicates their global coherence.

Our purpose is to examine subtle correlations that reflect the presence and activity of consciousness in the world. We have learned that when millions of us share intentions and emotions the GCP/EGG network shows correlations. We can interpret this as evidence for participation in a growing global consciousness. It suggests we have the capability and responsibility for conscious evolution. We make the world we live in, and we can create a Planetary Smile.

scientifically treated results

a study of apparent patterns that should not exist in truly random sequences

analysis providing details and context to support building good models

an unambiguous picture of data with minimal interpretation

the goal is to learn the sources of structure and understand mechanism

SCIENTIFIC 
WORK 
introduction 
random sources 
egg data archive 
basic experiment 
the primary results 
hypothesis registry 
normalizing the data 
control comparisons 
eventbased analysis 
analytical extension 
long trend example 
models and theory 
free data access 
conclusions 

 AESTHETIC
 VIEW
 introduction
 a poetic history
 hatching an egg
 egg host network
 media information
 noosphere's status
 the realtime display
 weaving a tapestry
 a musical interlude
 the original website
 production credits
 how to contribute
 what you can do
 implications

poetic interpretation and art

a free hand with possiblities touching eye and ear, seeking the heart of the matter

aesthetic and spiritual issues that are central to creative cultural evolution

feeling for the meaning of evident links between events and observers

the goal is to see interconnection as real & creative mind as magical