> In fact, I *don't* know that the evidence was trumped > up, and neither do you. Obviously the 1989 Journal of > Conflict Resolution study was taken by the TMO with the > utmost seriousness, or it would never have attempted the > subsequent D.C. gathering several years later. The > studies on both projects, moreover, were taken seriously > enough by the editors and peer reviewers of established > independent journals that they were published (whether > or not they bought into the conclusions). > > What I'm not at all sure about is whether the > statistical data were the result of the alleged Maharishi > Effect, or some other factors that weren't taken into > account. I think the latter is more likely. >>>
Except that the chance that it was due to some other effect was found to be statistically insignificant, as measured bya ll current and appropriate means of statistical analysis. > Genuine skepticism doesn't involve rejecting evidence > out of hand as "trumped up" just because you're inclined to > disbelieve what the evidence appears to point to. That's > what I call skeptopathy. > > I'm genuinely skeptical. I'm not at all convinced there's > a Maharishi Effect, but I don't have a solid basis for > ruling it out. >>> Unless you choose to ignore statistically significant studies published in peer reviewed journals. Then, with such an approach, you can rule out anything you damn well please, as your mood takes you. OffWorldBeings ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
