--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], > > off_world_beings <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" > > <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > off_world_beings <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > new.morning <no_reply@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > 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 So you are saying that the unpublished studies on 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? >
Not strictly impossible, just not practical or ethical. You'd have to tell all subjects, regardless of the technique they were taught, that they were using TM, as a for example. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
