--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
> off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig"
> <sparaig@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
> off_world_beings <no_reply@> 
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
> new.morning <no_reply@> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
> off_world_beings 
> > <no_reply@>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Yes, I do believe in peer-reviewed studies
> and I am glad to 
> > hear 
> > > > > > that you agree with me that SSRS technique
> has been shown to 
> > > > be , 
> > > > > > quote : "inferior to electro-convulsive
> therapy", and less 
> > > > effective 
> > > > > > than a drug.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Interesting research.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > OffWorld
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Within the limitations of the design (lack
> of double blind
> > > > > conditions), it can be concluded that,
> although inferior to 
> > ECT, 
> > > > SKY
> > > > > [Sudharshan Kriya Yoga] can be a potential
> alternative to 
> > drugs in
> > > > > melancholia as a first line treatment."
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ""lack of double blind conditions""
> > > > ""lack of double blind conditions""
> > > > ""lack of double blind conditions""
> > > > ""lack of double blind conditions""
> > > > ""lack of double blind conditions""
> > > > 
> > > > ROFLMAO again ! ! !
> > > > You are digging yourself into a quagmire !!!
> > > 
> > > Actually, its probably impossible to create a
> double-blind study 
> > on TM, at least that TMO 
> > > scientists would participate in. To do that,
> you'd have to lie to 
> > the subjects about what 
> > > treatment they were receiving...>>>
> > 
> > 
> > So you are saying that the unpublished studies on
> SSRS stuff are 
> > also lies by the scientists?
> > Wow, you are a bit extreme.
> > 
> > OffWorld
> >
> 
> If they are willing to deceive the test subjects
> about what they are practicing, they can 
> perform double-blind studies, otherwise not.
> 
> Comparative TM/Other Technique research tries to get
> around this limitation by 
> convincing the teachers and students of Other
> Techniques that they are just as good as 
> TM. Since the researchers involved with said
> research who are proponents of Other 
> Techniques believe that this is actually the case,
> no researcher is having to compromise 
> their personal integrity by lying to test subjects
> or the teachers who teach them.

Doing a double blind study on TM or any other
meditation technique is actually impossible. It does
not lend itself to this type of research design. Do
some of you even know what a double blind study is?





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