Methodological problems in studying the biofield

Quantitative reproducibility of results in scientific experiments under precisely reproduced conditions is crucial for verification of any scientific theory. This cannot be applied to experiments on a living being since conditions of a living biological system cannot be controlled and reproduced. Therefore, clinical trials aimed at verification of an effect of a remedy, for instance, rely on statistics.

However, the statistical approach, which is also traditionally used in parapsychology for proving the very existence of 'paranormal' phenomena, does not shed light on mechanisms of the interaction of the human intent - the human biofield - with a physical object or a biological subject. In this case the psychophysiological conditions of the operator are not controllable or reproducible, and this should be recognized as the general 'principle of uncertainty.'

For the purpose of understanding the nature of the biofield and the yet unknown fundamental physical interaction (carrying biophysical information) the best outcome results should be studied quantitatively on simplest biological systems (particularly, at cytophysiological and cytogenetic levels) and on physical objects. The qualitative reproducibility of the effects will bring the life and life-related phenomena, as well as the concept of the biofield, into the realm of science.