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The Giant Rock Splits, Feb. 21, 2000
As a result of a note from Steve Sugarman, I extracted the data for a period of
time surrounding the moment the Giant Rock split, apparently fulfilling an
ancient Indian prophesy that a new era would be revealed when "the Mother" split open.
The Rock was held sacred by the native people living in the area near Joshua
Tree, California, and was the site of important ceremonies. Some believe that
this is one of many remarkable events that may be signs or guides to the
development of a maturing human consciousness.
(From the High Desert Star newspaper, Wednesday, February 23, 2000)
LANDERS, CA - Before Monday morning, Giant Rock, was considered by many
the largest boulder in the world. It is now two boulders. A slice of the
rock fell off from the boulder at 8:20 a.m. Monday, exposing a gleaming
white granite interior.
The two following figures show, first, the cumulative deviation of the mean of
data from all eggs (26 were reporting data) for one hour surrounding the time
reported for the splitting of the rock. This indicator shows a steady
departure from expectation, but it is not a significant deviation (p = 0.118).
The second figure shows in a similar
form the deviation of the variance of the across eggs.
With brief exceptions, it was smaller than expected for most of the hour.
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