--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] > > To me the parallel with the state of research on > new drugs is apt. The latter is clearly "science > with a profit motive"; the former is IMO "science > with a prophet motive." The studies are to prove > Maharishi a "great seer" as much as anything else. > If TMers are involved in the study, and the person > they view is an enlightened prophet and revere as > almost superhuman has prophesied the kinds of things > they will find in their "study," what kinds of > things do you think they'll find in their "study?"
No scientist is disinterested in a theory that they've proposed themselves. While its true that the TMO scientists are probably far more emotionally attached to their theories than the average scientist is, the explanation why some ME studies on Fairfield are not substantial evidence showing the ME doesn't work are based on the analogy originally proposed to explain the ME in the first place. The analogous physical effect is most reliable when dealing with statistically large samples. There has to be many, MANY potential interactions of the test population in order for the effect to reliably show up. In the case of sound, its lots of air molecules bouncing against each other in a reinforcing way.In the case of human consciousness? Who knows, but the presumption of thiskind of interaction is that it requires a large sample size to show up, at least consistently. 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/
