> > > This was a fact. The crime rate did drop by 18%. However, > > > the rate that dropped by 18% was not the number of crimes > > > actually committed � in fact, during the experiment, > > > Washington's weekly murder count hit the highest level ever > > > recorded. The 18% drop was from Hagelin's computer prediction > > > of what would have happened had his meditators not been > > > meditating and levitating. > > > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/oct/08/meditation-crime-prevention-research > > > > The murder rate doubled one week. There was a gang war that > > weekend. The next week it went down to 50% below the average. > > The murder rate for the study period was essentially unchanged. > > However, the crime rate of other violent crimes did drop during > > the period, both as an absolute rate (2-3 percent), and as a > > rate adjusted for by including predicted crime rate based on > > temperature (18%). > > turquoiseb: > Classic data "cherry picking" and falsification, Lawson. > You should be ashamed of yourself, as should the designers > of this so-called "study." > > "The crime rate really DID fall, just as long as you leave > out this one set of outlying data that shows that it rose, > and as long as you measure it against this imaginary > 'prediction' of what the crime rate 'should' have been." > > Here...cherry pick THIS data: > > http://www.behind-the-tm-facade.org/maharishi_effect-mdefect-fairfield.htm > FACTS:
360 scientists in 30 countries have conducted research on the TM technique. The vast majority were not affiliated with the TM program. Quality of research on TM praised by independent scientists Criticism of Transcendental Meditation: Overview: http://skepticsontm.blogspot.com/ Review: Down Joe Kellett's Rabbit Hole: http://skepticsontm.blogspot.com/2009/03/review-suggestibilityorg.html
