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of a bunk bed to a voodoo priest leaping over a sacrificial goat. In fact, most lab experiments are repeated many dozens and quadrillions of times.
    The other characteristic of a scientific theory is that it’s falsifiable, meaning that an experiment could also prove that it’s un true. The theory that “Mars is populated with little green men who flee whenever we hunt them” is not falsifiable because in that theory the Martians always disappear whenever anyone tracks them. But the theory that “Martians do not exist” is scientific because you can falsify it by catching one and getting him an invitation to Good Morning America .
    3. Then what is a hypothesis (hy-POTH-uh-sis)? Again, in common vernacular a hypothesis is a synonym for a guess. But to a scientist, a hypothesis is a working assumption about how the world works. Every experiment starts with one. You make observations about how the world works and then you come up with a hypothesis that can be tested to see if it has truth value. It’s usually cast as a statement that can either be refuted or proved. It’s often written as an “if-then” statement (if I do such and such, then such and such will happen): “If x occurs, then y will follow.” Or “As x increases, so will y. ” We use it to form a scientific method.
    4. Excuse me, a scientific method? The scientific method is universally accepted as being the best way for winnowing truth from lies and delusion. The simple version looks something like this:
       State a question.
       Collect information.
       Form a hypothesis.
       Test the hypothesis.
       Record and study data.
       Draw conclusions.
    The great advantage of the scientific method is that it is unprejudiced. It works the same for everyone. The conclusions will hold, irrespective of your hair color, your religious persuasion, or your shoe size.
    A Couple of Ground Rules
    “You are doing this because you are fantastic and brave and curious. And, yes, you are probably a little crazy. And this is a good thing.”
    —C HRIS B ATY, FOUNDER OF
N ATIONAL N OVEL W RITING M ONTH (N A N O W RI M O )
    Each of the following chapters presents an important spiritual principle and an empirical science experiment to demonstrate its validity. You can do the experiments one after another (which is what most people do, because they get so excited after the first one), or you can skip around. Do one this week. Try another next week. It’s really up to you.
    Before launching each experiment, make the intention to give up past conditioning. I usually start with this adage from A Course in Miracles: “Open your mind and clear it of all thoughts that would deceive.”
    And then be vigilant in receiving evidence. Look for it the same way you’d look for a set of missing car keys. On a day you’re out of milk and the baby’s crying. After looking everywhere you normally put them—in your purse, in the pocket of your khakis, on the counter by the door—you start lifting up couch cushions, crawling under the bed, and sifting through kitty litter. The important thing is, you don’t stop looking until you’re clutching them in your grubby little paws.
    If you go to the grocery store for sink cleanser, you don’t come home until you find the shelf with the Comet, the Ajax, and the Mr. Clean. If you go to the bookstore to pick up the latest John Grisham novel, you don’t wimp out with some feeble excuse about not being able to find the “G” section. You go to the store fully knowing it’s going to be there.
    At the end of each chapter, there is a lab report. These are similar to the lab reports that real scientists use. It’s important to jot down the time you launch each experiment. Take notes; document every finding. The more detailed the map, the better template you’ll have for further study. As you log all your perceptions and experiences, be willing to risk being “wrong” in order to get the verifiable details to prove you are