--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > [...] > > Of course it goes both ways: crackpots defend their theories beyond > > any logic (according to everyone else). The point is: in Science, you > > can't tell whose side of the argument is correct (if that even makes > > sense) > > WHILE the argument is still going on. > > You're missing (I believe) the central point Ruth was responding to, > which is 'extraordinary states of consciousness require extraordinary > proof' and there is no extraordinary proof in any TM research. If so, > they'd be dying to get it replicated independently (like that will > ever happen). Instead they continue to put out extremely questionable > research (bad controls, bias, etc.) with things of little value. IOW, > they're essentially no different from napping X 20 B.I.D. Since > Purusha and Mother Divine both have the same or MORE experience in > terms of hours meditating, there is simply no excuse. >
You missed MY point, which is that glitches in one person's eye, are a career as the Director of Research of CERN in another's. And you can't tell who is "right" or "wrong" by looking at what the participants say, because everybody gets it wrong, at least at first. L.
