--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- markmeredith2002 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It's good that tmo scientists try to get > published, > > > but the spirit of > > > the whole effort seems to fall more under PR > than > > > science - and until > > > at least one independent scientist is impressed > > > enough by the > > > maharishi effect research to begin the long > process > > > of replication, > > > then it's still an proven theory. > > > > More a very unusual hypothesis with some slight > > empirical support. Not enough to build a theory on > > becaue there is so much empirical evidence which > > completely contradicts the M.A. "theory" as it is > now > > constructed. > > > > > > Which emperical evidence contradicts the ME theory? The prima facie fact that large numbers of meditators in Fairfield, Iowa have not reduced the crime rate there. Post hoc explanations/metaphors such as the "washing machine effect" indicate that the ME theory has a long way to go in its development as a formal theory. I'm not dismissing the ME, but it is far from a complete theory. Right now it is a hypothesis, not a theory. > > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ------------------------ 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/
