--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for > "achievements" that "cannot, or should not, be reproduced", i.e., for > pseudoscience. In his case the prize was awarded for his experimental > conclusion that 4,000 meditators at the Maharishi University of > Management caused an 18 percent decrease in crime in Washington, DC. >
Yep, and the people who awarded theprize never read the subsequent published study since it hadn't been published at that time. I doubt if the study would change their mind, but its an interesting commentary on the scientific parody community that this was done. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
