TY - JOUR T1 - Mistelbeerenform und Tierkreis A1 - Baumgartner, Stephan A1 - Flückiger, Heidi A1 - Ramm, Hartmut JA - Elem. d. Naturw. JF - Elemente der Naturwissenschaft PY - 2003 VL - 79 SP - 2 EP - 21 DO - 10.18756/edn.79.2 SN - p-ISSN 0422-9630 LA - de N2 -
In früheren Untersuchungen war beobachtet worden, dass sich die Form reifender Mistelbeeren in Weg kurvenflächen einbetten und mit einem einzigen Formparameter λ exakt beschreiben lässt. Des Weiteren hatte sich eine Korrelation von Mistelbeerenform und Stellung des Mondes im Tierkreis ergeben.
In der vorliegenden Studie wurden zwei Fragen untersucht: 1.) Impliziert eine nicht kodierte Bestim mung des λ-Wertes bei Kenntnis einer Untersuchungshypothese eine unbewusste Verfälschung der Mess daten? 2.) Sind die Formveränderungen der Mistelbeeren mit der Stellung des Mondes vor den phänomeno logischen Tierkreisbildern oder vor den äquidistanten Tierkreiszeichen zu korrelieren?
Es ergab sich kein Hinweis auf eine unbewusste Manipulation der λ-Werte bei unkodierter und hypo thesenbelasteter Messung im Vergleich zu kodierten oder hypothesenfreien Messungen. Des Weiteren scheint für das Verhalten der Mistelbeerenform die Stellung des Mondes vor den phänomenologischen Tier kreisbildern entscheidend zu sein; eine Korrelation zur Mondstellung relativ zu den Tierkreiszeichen steht im Widerspruch zu den Messresultaten. Zudem wurde versucht, die Einflusssphären bzw. Übergänge ver schiedener Tierkreisbilder empirisch abzuschätzen. Die erhaltenen Daten korrelieren recht gut mit den aus dem Altertum stammenden Formen der Tierkreisbilder.
N1 -In previous investigations it was observed that the shapes of ripening mistletoe berries fit path curve surfaces and can be exactly described by the shape parameter λ. Furthermore a correlation was found between the shape of mistletoe berries and the position of the moon in the zodiac.
In the present study two questions were addressed: 1) Does an unencoded determination of the λ value com bined with knowledge of a hypothesis under investigation imply an unconscious falsification of the data? 2) Are the shape changes in mistletoe berries correlated with the moon’s position in front of the phenomenolog ical zodiacal constellations or with its position in front of the equidistant zodiacal signs?
There was no evidence of an unconscious manipulation of the λ values with unencoded measurement when the observer knew the hypothesis under investigation in comparison with measurement which was en coded or made by an observer who did not know the hypothesis. In addition, it appears that the position of the moon in front of the phenomenological zodiacal constellations is definitive for the behaviour of the mistletoe berry shapes; a correlation of the moon’s position relative to the zodiacal signs contradicts the data obtained. An attempt was also made to estimate empirically the spheres of influence or transition points of different zodiacal constellations. The data produced correlate very well with the forms of the constellations that stem from antiquity.
In previous investigations it was observed that the shapes of ripening mistletoe berries fit path curve surfaces and can be exactly described by the shape parameter λ. Furthermore a correlation was found between the shape of mistletoe berries and the position of the moon in the zodiac.
In the present study two questions were addressed: 1) Does an unencoded determination of the λ value com bined with knowledge of a hypothesis under investigation imply an unconscious falsification of the data? 2) Are the shape changes in mistletoe berries correlated with the moon’s position in front of the phenomenolog ical zodiacal constellations or with its position in front of the equidistant zodiacal signs?
There was no evidence of an unconscious manipulation of the λ values with unencoded measurement when the observer knew the hypothesis under investigation in comparison with measurement which was en coded or made by an observer who did not know the hypothesis. In addition, it appears that the position of the moon in front of the phenomenological zodiacal constellations is definitive for the behaviour of the mistletoe berry shapes; a correlation of the moon’s position relative to the zodiacal signs contradicts the data obtained. An attempt was also made to estimate empirically the spheres of influence or transition points of different zodiacal constellations. The data produced correlate very well with the forms of the constellations that stem from antiquity.