--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > A whole group of us were in that boat. During our first > > group flying in the Dome at the end of our flying block, > > we all kicked back and watched everyone else, rather than > > leave when the time was up. Everyone ended up staring at > > this guy at the very front ofthe dome who floated for 20 > > minutes non-stop, ikidyounot! Everyone was convinced that > > this was the smoking gun of the sidhis. Like WOW! > > > > Years later, I returned to the Dome and noticed that the > > podium was on a raised platform with foam on it. Anyone > > who was hopping around on it would look, to anyone who was > > still sitting at the back of the dome, like they were > > FLOATING FOR 20 MINUTES NON-STOP, like WOW! > > > > Had any of us stood up during this "floating" session, we > > would have noticed what was going on. All of us chose to > > remain sitting, however. I wouldn't be at all surprised > > if the rest of my Yogic Flying block still believed 22 > > years later that they had really seen this guy > > floating for 20 minutes > > I suggest that you keep this story in mind when > reviewing the TM scientific "research." > > That, in my opinion, is the phenomenon that drives > all too much of it. The "researchers" go into it > convinced that they are going to find something > that validates already-held beliefs. Therefore, > they "find" it.
Actually, TM researchers and research are quite real, so there's no call for the scare quotes. As it happens, what you claim is the case with TM scientific research is the case with a great deal of non-TM scientific research as well. That's why science has a system for validating research. The original researchers present their conclusions to the scientific community via peer- reviewed publication, whereupon other researchers have the opportunity to "stand up" and see whether the first researchers have missed something important. *Any* research--not just that performed by TMers-- is subject to this reviewing process and remains in a kind of scientific limbo until it's completed. The possibility of the kind of bias you describe should be kept in mind for *all* research--not just that by TM researchers--that has not gone through the process. 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/
