University of Arizona psychology professor Gary Schwartz used a device from the Global Consciousness Project to measure and document a possible increase in global love when Prince William kissed his bride on the balcony last week.
Schwartz is director of the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health at the UA. He looks for bridges in mind, body and spirit, especially as they relate to health care.
What happened during the kiss?
Schwartz compared charted data from a random event generator (REG) device to a YouTube video of the scene and saw an apparent association.
"Following the first kiss is this big shift," he said. "It starts declining and then what happens is, you start hearing the crowd chanting for another kiss. The curve is now rising before the kiss. (With) the first kiss, the crowd didn't know the kiss would happen until it happened. But when they cheered them on to do another kiss, after that kiss - that's the highest point."
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What do the results of the experiment mean?
Schwartz said it could be a random coincidence, or the device could be measuring the response of millions of happy people watching the kissing royal couple.
"My interpretation is that this is likely a global love event," he said.
The next step is to check other REG devices around the world for similar results.
Contact reporter Becky Pallack at bpallack@azstarnet.com or 807-8012.
