>
> --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On May 22, 2006, at 2:47 PM, authfriend wrote:
> >
> > > The point is that she doesn't seem to have the
> > > requisite credentials to trash Vedic science.
> >
> > She's a scientist and someone raised in that culture--I'd
certainly
> > say she does. esp. given her masterful overview of the
development of
> > this trend. Really the only thing necessary is the minimum
insight
> > necessary to expose the fraud...otherwise you're merely appealing
to
> > authority and using faulty logic.
> >
>
> There's a guy who used to lecture at MUM/MIU who has a PhD in
Indian Studies (I believe)
> who did his PhD work pointing out the cultural origins of the TM
movement. His PhD
> thesis is much better documented and researched examination of a
specific example of
> what she discusses. Can't remember his name, but his thesis was
online last I checked. If
> you want, I'll track him down. Anyone know who I'm talking about?
Would you mean Jay Randolph Coplin, by any chance?
Part of his PhD dissertation on TM's origins is on
the Web, here:
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/drcoplin/
Unfortunately, the meatier-looking parts aren't up.
But the parts that are, are pretty interesting.
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