I'm confused by this "special issue" Journal of Social Behavior thing -- it's published by MUM press, edited by MUM professors and contains only tmo studies. It's clearly not peer reviewed. Is it really approved somehow by the real Journal of ...?
Re burglary study -- conventional science on this shows that burglaries tend to occur in clusters in neighborhoods that (1) are relatively poor economically and (2) have relatively high numbers of working mothers (no one at home during the day). So the study needs to see if fairfield burglaries cluster in these sections of town and then determine if there is a disporportionate percentage of south or other direction facing homes there. Plus there's the statistics -- for example, last year there was 1 murder in fairfield and it took place on campus during group practice of the tm-sidhis. Does this prove that the group practice of the tm sidhis radiates a murderous influence in the env't?? I don't think so but that's the basic logic used by some of these studies. --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bob Brigante" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > This is the stuff they did a couple of years ago and said it > > was > > > > going to be published, but > > > > > as far as I know (correct me please, if I am mistaken) it has > > > > appeared in any reputable > > > > > journal prior to turning up in the "Collected Papers". > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure what you are referring to -- in the MUM Review > > article > > > > below, it says that there are two Sthapathya Veda articles in a > > > > special journal issue of The Journal of Social Behavior and > > > > Personality, not "Collected Papers." This Journal appears to be a > > > > peer reviewed academic journal (unless the Journal cited at this > > link > > > > is a very similar name): > > > > > > > > http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/s/msg02998.html > > > > > > > @@@@@@@@ > > > > > > I read George's post somewhat hastily and thought the reference to > > 26 new studies being > > > published indicated another volume of collected studies. My first > > encounter with the > > > studies in question was several years ago (don't remember exactly > > how many, but quite a > > > few now)when I was told it was being published within months. > > > > > > My skepticism, as indicated by remarks below, remains high. If the > > journal in question > > > published 26 TM studies in a special edition honoring Skip > > Alexander, this suggests to me > > > that TM insiders are well-represented on the editorial board. > > Otherwise such an anomaly > > > would be inexplicable. > > > > > > I don't have time to dig up the original, but I can remember a few > > points about the > > > burglary study. > > > > > > First, it ASSUMES an equal proportion of N, S, E, and W-facing > > houses based solely on the > > > fact that the town is laid out on a "Jeffersonian grid". If offers > > no other evidence to verify > > > that the different directions are equally represented. > > > > > > > Well, that would certainly be easy to remedy in any future studies: > > one just counts the houses in each direction category. > > > > > > > Second, it notes that the SV directionality principle applies > > because Fairfield's grid deviates > > > ONLY 7 degrees from true North. (This was in the study; I did not > > make it up.) I asked > > > some architects how many degrees of deviation would be tolerable > > for a house according > > > to MSV; they were reluctant to answer. One said, maybe three > > degrees, another said one > > > degree. > > > > Actually, what the study said was that the grid differed from true > > north _no more_ than 7 degrees at any point, like when Pleasant Plain > > road takes off a angle, I guess -- in almost every place, Fairfield's > > grid is dead on, which you can measure yourself by using a compass > > with a declination marker and taking sample reading throughout > > Fairfield (as I recall, true only varies from magnetic north by about > > 1 degree for Fairfield). > > %%%%%%%% > > I'm working from memory here, my copy of this thing is packed away. However, as > someone else has pointed out: even if the measurements for Fairfield are reliable, it could > be an anomaly. The very fact that people are taking this one study as PROOF of a theory > they already believe in makes the enterprize somewhat questionable. > > %%%%%%%% > > > > > > > > > > So it's really pretty weak, in my opinion. > > > > > > Likewise with the Ottumwa study; just not enough information is > > given to rule out > > > selection or other methodological problems. > > > > > > @@@@@@@@ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have studied the one on burglaries and the one on patients > > with S > > > > entrances. The one on > > > > > burglaries and S entries was particularly weak, in my opinion. > > Not > > > > enough info on the > > > > > other one to rule out selection or other problems. > > > > > > > > > > L B S > > > > > > snip to end To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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