--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > From where I sit, I can't tell that his motives for > introducing sidhis and all the rest are purely > mercenary. The maddening thing is, his actions > can be explained by his originally stated intentions > to change the world.
One possible alternative explanation for his not having staged a major, sustained trial of the Maharishi Effect is the very point being discussed in other posts about how difficult it is to convince skeptics, even if there were the most solid scientific data imaginable. It's possible MMY was resisting having the TMO fund such a trial and was pushing for governments to do so instead because he felt that only if a government was *invested* in a trial would it be likely to take the results seriously. If you're an elected official, once you've spent taxpayer funds for something, you have a serious interest in its success, and you want to be able to take credit for any positive results. If the TMO funded a trial, in contrast, no matter how impressive the results, there'd be no incentive on the part of government folks not to just explain them away. The whole thing would end up as a huge waste of money and effort. Only if a government were willing to take the risk of funding such an experiment would there be any chance of its having an impact. This may or may not be the correct explanation, but I think it's psychologically and politically sound. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
