--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given the chaos of the recent incident in London, MMY's decision to > > leave the UK is prophetic and validates his reputation as a modern > > day Seer. > > Lawson, just to follow up on my point earlier this > morning, *this* is why so much of the TM research > is suspect, and deservedly so. Just as fairly > random events are manipulated by True Believers to > "validate" the way they view Maharishi and his > "seeing,", some of the science is used for the > same purpose.
You're not quoting me, but I understand your point, and I agree with it completely. > > In the case of the claim that the above statement > was part of, I suspect you'd agree with me that > the real intent is not even to "validate" Maharishi. > It's to "validate" the *faith* that John R. has in > him. His post is like saying, "See?! I wasn't > crazy to believe in him all these years after all. > This *proves* that he was right, and therefore that > *I* was right to believe in him." Of course. > > My suspicion is that this same scenario plays out > in far too much of the TM-related research. Some > of it, as you've pointed out, is tight. But a lot > of it isn't, and for this same reason. There is > too much *self-validation* going on for the > researchers themselves to allow for any true > objectivity. The bottom line for research done by > TMers who have committed themselves to Maharishi > and the TM movement for years is that if they DON'T > find positive results, it invalidates their OWN > lives and challenges their OWN faith. So what are > they likely to find? Of course. > > Plus, there's the darshan factor. Other than being > rich, how do you get into a room with Maharishi > these days and get a personal pat on the back from > him? Duh. You do a research project that "proves" > that TM is a Good Thing or that the ME is real. > > In terms of biasing the results of any study, this > is in the same ballpark as a drug company offering > researchers a cash bonus if the research proves > their new drug valuable, and no bonus if it does > not. This has actually happened with drug studies. > My point is that I think it's happened subtly with > some of the TM-related studies as well. Absolutely, either consciously or unconsciously. 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/
