Can newborn chicks change the behavior of a robot? It appears so.
Scientists hatched some baby chicks in the same room as a programmed robot. The chicks had never seen their mother. In fact the only moving thing that they were exposed to after their hatching was the robot.
The robot’s job was to move randomly around the room, and did so when the chicks were not there. However, after the chicks hatched, the robot stopped randomly moving around the room, and instead “spent excessive time in the vicinity of the chicks.” (!)
Apparently, the bonding strength of the baby chicks was strong enough to alter the programming of the robot, keeping it nearby. When the baby chicks were removed from the room, the robot went back to its random motion.
One way to describe the changes that intent, belief systems, or consciousness can create in physical matter is to use the metaphor of a magnet and iron filings. If you’ve subscribed to my newsletter, you are already familiar with it. It can explain, in part, the anomalous baby chicks and the power of a BodyTalk session.
Imagine a piece of paper with a small pile of iron filings on it. We could rearrange the pile into whatever shape we want with our fingers, or maybe a toothpick. But by holding a magnet underneath the paper, we can have an effect on the filings as well. Twisting and turning and moving the magnet will result in immediate changes in the pile on top.
Interestingly, if we are precise with the shape of our magnetic field, the changes can be dramatic. In fact, the subtleties of a magnetic field can create symmetrical patterns and shapes much faster and with more certainty than we ever could with a toothpick or our finger.
Just like a mechanical robot, your body is filled with magnetic fields. Perhaps, the electromagnetic field created by a baby chick’s intent and focus changed the electrical fields in the robot.
This experiment is an impressive display of how powerful our belief systems can be.