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Some examples of abnormal distributions
As part of the “Summoning Synchronicity” experiment which preceded the “Society Yi Jing Observatory”, twelve questions were submitted to the participants. All had shown distributions of hexagrams which did not correspond to the usual statistical laws. The following few examples illustrate these anomalies. Only the distribution graphs as well as the texts relating to the questions and the number of participants are represented. It is not a question here of explaining the coherence of the meaning of the predominant hexagrams with the subject considered, but of providing experimental evidence of a statistical state of affairs which could deserve particular attention.
January 2022 - What does the I Ching tell us about the growth of environmental anxiety in Western society?
Number of participants: 172
Average value of occurrences: 2.68
June 2022 - What does the I Ching reveal to us about the legalization, under certain conditions of application, of assisted suicide, which should be an indelible right, inherent to human beings?
Number of participants: 139
Average value of occurrences: 2.17
July 2022 - What does the I Ching tell us about the rampant scientific research into the biology of aging in order to prolong life at will?
Number of participants: 147
Average value of occurrences: 2.29
September 2022 - What does the I Ching tell us about the decision of certain European countries to significantly increase the budget allocated to the military?
Number of participants: 160
Average value of occurrences: 2.5
December 2022 - What does the I Ching reveal to us about its contribution to the "Summoning Synchronicity" project that occupied us in 2022?
Number of participants: 133
Average value of occurrences: 2.07