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116PSI Spiesof seven experiments. “The overall results in this case, taken asa group, were not statistically significant,” concluded Puthoff. 46However, Puthoff said results of the RV tests were evaluatedin a “conservative” manner that vastly underestimatedthe significance of the individual descriptions. The two “hits”demonstrated that the pair had some remote viewing abilityno matter how immature or rudimentary. The idea that everyonehas this ability to some degree was further substantiatedafter many other experiments involving visitors to SRI.As Puthoff and Targ explained:We...carried out successful remote-viewing experimentswith about 20 participants, almost all ofwhom came to us without any prior experience, and insome cases, with little interest in psychic functioning.So far, we cannot identify a single individual who hasnot succeeded in a remote-viewing task to his ownsatisfaction. 47During this time period, businessman Robert Monroe,who in 1971 published Journeys Out of the Body, founded theMonroe Institute for Applied Sciences in Virginia. Monroe,who had kept meticulous notes of his out-of-body experiencesfor a number of years, created audiotapes designed tosynchronize the electrical impulses of the left and right hemispheresof the brain. His institute became heavily involved inparapsychological studies and provided psychological testingfor prospective Psi Spies. 48One problem in RV was what the researches called “analyticaloverlay(AOL),” the mind’s attempt to analyze its input. This