A Look for a Presentiment Model’s Reasonable Parameters

Abstract

Recently, I proposed an orthodox quantum mechanics’ justification for the presentiment effect, which claims that the very existence of the presentiment effect points to the correctness of the orthodox interpretation of quantum mechanics. I carried out the mathematical calculations within the framework of the decoherent histories theory and their results depended on two unknown parameters. I suggested that these parameters can be determined by fitting empirical measurements and, indeed, as an example, such a rough fit was tried. I noted that with certain values the effect fluctuates and may have a surprising long duration. The current paper reconsiders these parameters’ preferred values in regular presentiment experiments. I conclude that most probably these parameters should have values that under ideal resolution would reproduce time symmetry of the effect and tiny (if any) fluctuation. I blame the experimental method’s poor resolution between partially overlapping sentiments, the existence of queued, perhaps prevailing, previous sentiments, and operation of positive feedback nervous loops after emotional stimuli for the empirical salient suppressed symmetry and finite duration of the effect. Certain other implications of these preferred values are examined and seem to justify these values in regular presentiment tests, which do not preclude other values under peculiar tests’ designs and peculiar participants.