--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: <snip> > Exceptional meditators of this calibre are RARE. > > Replication of such a unprecedented finding is like lightning > striking twice in the same place. One is forced to take notice. > > We already (since this time) have the acquisition curves for these > traits, published. We're well beyond this c. 2001 work.
When we're evaluating Buddhist studies, we always rely on the most recent ones. When we're evaluating TM studies, we prefer to look at the older ones and ignore the latest ones. <snip> > Exceptional proof requires exceptional data which requires > exceptional meditators which requires impeccable meditation > training. It's the rarity in and of itself that is self- > selecting. But only in studies of Buddhist meditators. In studies of TMers, we consider self-selection on account of rarity to be "cherry-picking."
