--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > --- In [email protected], "svambhu"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > .
> > > at_man_and_brahman wrote:
> > > > The other important thing to point out is
> > > > the work of Barry Markovsky, at the
> > > > University of Iowa. He's a sociologist with
> > > > deep expertise in time-series analysis, and
> > > > he's written some devastating critiques of
> > > > the research methodologies in many of the
> > studies.
> > > > He's not claiming that there's no effect,
> > > > just that the research doesn't prove that there
> > is.
> > > 
> > > i wonder how "deep" his POV is!
> > > 
> > > some years ago, barry markovsky was a
> > > frequent poster to a.m.t.   the impression
> > > i got, was that he originally was expecting
> > > to be part of the research team at MIU,
> > > but then was "snubbed".  therefore, he has
> > > persued the discrediting of the studies
> > > as a sort of revenge for the insult.
> > > 
> > > this is just my opinion, could be wrong  ;-)
> 
> Yes, you are very, very wrong. Barry is a very nice
> guy and a serious research scientist. He is critiquing
> the TM research, not trying to discredit it. This is
> frequently confounded by the MUM "scientists". Barry
> is not part of the TMO cult so his thinking is a
> little clearer without a pro TM agenda. He's asking
> for the research to be more rigorous to come to the
> conclusions that MUM arrives at. 
> 

Well, I was quoting someone else, but Barry definitely has his own 
axes to grind when dealing with the TMO. I don't think its revenge 
but definitely he has his own opinions.

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> > Don't know about that. Barry's a nice enough guy in
> > person. we spend 
> > several hours together, including dinner, IIRC,
> > during a visit he 
> > made to the Tucson Consciousness convention.
> > 
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