>
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- 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.
>
He has a certain non-blissninny style to him:
http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/97/04/962026P.pdf
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