--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Of course the larger the number the better in > > studies worth any > > serious consideration. > > > > However, > > > > Fairfield itself offers an amazing case study. > > Because of the length > > of time factor of the study group. > > > > 1. There would have been a crime rate prior to TM's > > introduction into > > the community and should be verifable through past > > public/police/court records. > > > > 2. Then the introduction of TM and its organization > > to the community. > > > > 3. And a 30 year study period in which the crime > > rate could be > > tracted along with the steady growth of practising > > meditators. > > > > To my way of thinking. Thirty years of meditations > > by a steadily > > increasing population of meditators (far exceeding > > the 1% cl;aimed > > necessary to reverse rising crime rates) must result > > in a reduction > > in Fairfield's crime rates or the whole ME therory > > is disproved. > > > > Has Fairfield itself ever been the subject of such a > > study. If > > not,,,why not!!! How many crimminal offenses were > > reported in > > Fairfield in the year TM meditators began in > > Fairfield and how many > > reported offenses occured say last year? The trends > > should point to > > a declining crime rate given the significant number > > of meditators in > > the community. > > Based on the theory of the ME you are absolutely > correct. If the TMO/MUM was serious about > understanding the field effects of consciousness they > would have to understand why the ME does not appear to > work in Fairfield and expand the ME theory to > integrate this apparent contradiction. They don't do > this because the purpose of the the ME is political, > not scientific. It is bandied about not in the spirit > of understanding, but solely to promote TM. That's all > MMY wanted to use it for, which is fine, but let's > stop pretending we're interested in it for scientific > reasons.
??? MMY uses the ME as a reason why he does NOT have to promote 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/
