--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bdadvaitin" <bdadvaitin@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Have the days of Merv Griffin initiations dried > > > > up? > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/88021 > > > I think that's a big Yes. They have to pay students > > with grant money to learn TM these days. :-) > > ***************** > > I agree that letting people learn for free is a mistake: > > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2006#500.html
That's not what I was suggesting; I think it's a *wonderful* idea to teach people to meditate for free. What I was suggesting is that these days the only way the TM movement can possibly get 500 students to participate in one of their bogus studies is to not only pay for their TM instruction, but pay them a stipend to insure that they continue meditating for the two years of the study. The TM movement and TM in general have that little credibility among the young. Mark my words, this is what the protocols of the "study" will involve. This is the counterpart of a tobacco study paid for by the tobacco industry or a drug study paid for by the manufacturer of the drug. The "results" are a foregone conclusion. And those results will be achieved by *buying* the students' continuing participation in the "study." If they really wanted to do an interesting study, what they should do is create two groups of 500. One would be paid to continue meditating for two years, the other would receive no such incentive. My bet is that about 90% the unpaid group would stop meditating before the two years were up. ------------------------ 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/
