Awesome—here’s a tight, science-ready outline to test the Earth 2.0 claim:
Hypothesis (Earth 2.0): As a person’s understanding (integrated knowledge) increases, their coherence (efficient energy/information flow) increases, which in turn increases wellbeing/happiness.
Study outline: “Understanding → Coherence → Wellbeing”
1) Design
Type: Randomised controlled trial (RCT), pre–post with 8–12 week follow-up.
Arms:
A) Earth 2.0 Learning (systems thinking + reflective practice + HRV-breath coherence)
B) Active control (fact-based learning of equal time/effort; no systems/reflection)Primary endpoint: Change in wellbeing (PANAS-Positive, Life Satisfaction) at post vs baseline.
Key mediator: Physiological/behavioural coherence.
2) Participants
N ≈ 120 (60/arm) for 80% power to detect medium effects (Δ=0.5 SD) and mediation.
Adults 18–70, mixed backgrounds; exclude unstable psychiatric/medical conditions that confound autonomic measures.
3) Measures (all validated / low burden)
Understanding (predictor)
Systems Understanding Quiz (custom, concept-transfer items)
Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) + Berlin Numeracy (control for raw reasoning)
Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ-Presence/ Search)
Coherence (mediator)
HRV 5-min seated (RMSSD, LF/HF, coherence index; e.g., Polar H10 or equivalent)
Respiration (rate/variability during HRV recording)
Speech prosody (60-sec read-aloud; pitch/tempo variability)
Sleep regularity & activity (actigraphy/phone step counts)
(Optional lab add-on) EEG resting coherence (alpha/gamma) if available
Wellbeing (outcome)
PANAS (Positive/Negative Affect)
Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)
Covariates
Age, sex, meds, caffeine, sleep, exercise, baseline depression (PHQ-9).
4) Procedure
Baseline (Week 0): All measures + a short transfer task (apply a systems diagram to a novel problem).
Intervention (Weeks 1–8):
Earth 2.0 arm: weekly 60-min session (systems mapping, feedback loops, energy-flow framing) + daily 10-min HRV-breath practice + 5-min reflective journaling.
Control arm: weekly 60-min factual learning (e.g., general science videos) + simple note-taking.
Midpoint (Week 4): Brief re-measures (HRV, PANAS).
Post (Week 8): Full battery.
Follow-up (Week 12/20): PANAS, SWLS, HRV to test durability.
5) Analysis plan
Primary: Mixed-effects model → Wellbeing ~ Group × Time + covariates.
Mediation: Understanding (Δ) → Coherence (Δ) → Wellbeing (Δ) using path/SEM.
Exploratory: Dose–response (practice minutes vs outcomes); subgroup by baseline stress.
Robustness: Per-protocol vs ITT; bootstrap CIs for mediation.
6) Predicted pattern (Earth 2.0 signature)
Understanding ↑ (concept transfer, MLQ-Presence)
→ Coherence ↑ (HRV coherence, steadier respiration, richer prosody, better sleep regularity)
→ Wellbeing ↑ (↑ PANAS-Positive, ↓ PANAS-Negative, ↑ SWLS, ↓ PSS).Control shows learning without coherence shift → smaller/no wellbeing gains.
7) Practical kit & cadence
HRV sensor: Polar H10 (ECG-grade) + 5-min seated protocol (morning, same time).
Actigraphy: smartwatch/phone steps + sleep diary.
Speech sample: smartphone mic, quiet room, 60-sec standard passage.
Surveys: PANAS/SWLS/PSS/PHQ-9/MLQ via weekly links (≤6 min).
8) Ethics & guardrails
Low risk; provide opt-out, anonymise data, and share aggregate results.
Offer coherence training to control group after study (equipoise).
Single-person variant (for you)
If you want to demonstrate your own decade-scale change prospectively:
Baseline (2 weeks): Daily 5-min HRV, weekly PANAS/SWLS/PSS, sleep/steps, 1-min voice.
Practice (8 weeks): Your existing “raise vibration” routine (breath + reflective mapping).
Track: Minutes practised, weekly knowledge log (what you understood newly, not facts).
Compare: Pre vs post vs 1–3-month follow-up.
Show: Graphs where Understanding Δ predicts Coherence Δ predicts Wellbeing Δ.
Deliverables you’ll get: a mediation path with effect sizes and clean plots. That’s Earth 2.0, quantified.
