--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for posting the link. I am really surprised that they are > > > continuing with this blatant lie! Arrogance, pure and simple. > > > They don't give people enough credit that they would know that > > > this claim is as physically impossible as humans flying in the > > > air. It must be discouraging for his current students to see > > > that no attempt is being made to be truthful in this absurd > > > claim. > > > > I think that to some extent you are missing the point. > > This "research" is *not* for the world at large, who > > wouldn't be taken in by it. It's for the students who > > have already paid for the TM-siddhi course, or who are > > about to. It's a way to give them something to hang > > onto that sounds rational, a "scientific" excuse they > > can point to when someone asks why they paid thousands > > of dollars to learn how to fly. > > Well, actually, as I recall, they were shown at > intro lectures once they had started publicizing > the TM-Sidhis course and Yogic Flying. > > > Personally, the thing that's astounded me in these > > recent discussions is how tenaciously a couple of > > people here have adopted the role of apologist, trying > > to find some loophole, some way of analyzing the exact > > wording, some shread of hope that enables them to > > portray this presentation as something other than an > > intentional attempt to mislead. > > Well, actually, what you're seeing is a couple of > people here pointing out how far the anti-TMers will > go to twist the facts in order to cobble together > their accusations of fraud. > > > People have an innate need to continue believing in > > the things they have spent decades believing in, I > > guess (not to mention justifying the money they've > > spent on those beliefs), and logic really doesn't enter > > into the equation when that need is threatened. > > For example: What *matters* with regard to these > studies is not whether EEG coherence can be > measured during actual hopping, but that there is > a very sharp increase in coherence with the use > of the technique (the sutra). That it can't be > measured after hopping begins is irrelevant. > > Obviously, nobody is going to be any *more* impressed > if they believe coherence continues during hopping. > Yet the bitter-enders, contrary to reason and logic, > are trying to make a huge deal of the fact that the > charts could be interpreted that way. Nobody is > going to decide to take the TM-Sidhis course because > they believe they'll experience EEG coherence while > they're hopping, as opposed to when they use the > sutra.
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