--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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.
As I understand it, the chance that the effect was *due to chance* was found to be statistically insignificant. That's a bit different. I'm not suggesting it was due to chance. > > 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. Not only have I not chosen to ignore such studies, I posted cites to them here. ------------------------ 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/
