I'll give a more civil response. The methodology
is all screwed-up. First there is no control. What
functions as the control? Why do they even mention the
word "controlled"? In fact this type of research can
have no control. You would use a design that is called
"interrupted time series analysis". Basically it's
measure trends over unit of time; intervention in
effect and measure trends over unit of time; then no
intervention and measure trends over unit of time. You
do this over and over again. Turning the intervention
on and off, so to speak, and measuring your trends
with the intervention present and then when it is
absent. Then you crunch your numbers to see if there
are statistically significant differences within and
between these on and off cycles. Simply measuring
trends and then applying the intervention and seeing
the trends improve means absolutely nothing in social
science research. Its like hiring 100 extra police
officers for two months and then seeing the crime rate
drop. It does not mean that the extra officers caused
the crime rate to drop. The crime rate could have been
dropping or increasing or staying the same regardless
of the police officers. That is, what is causing the
change in crime rate could have nothing to do with the
police officers. The TM research on the ME, in this
case, is the same as seeing a car crah after you've
sneezed and then claiming your sneeze caused the car
to crash. The only way to know if your sneeze causes
car crashes is to count car crashes without sneezes,
then count them while sneezing, then without and so
forth.
Just so people know, I'd love for there to be a
ME. It would be so absolutely cool. But outside of the
one DC study which demonstrated a very, very slight ME
(and even that is generous) these "studies" are the
equivalent of a 4th grade science experiment. They are
junk science and it is truly a shame. I think the
reason they don't do a time series analysis is that
they are quite concerned that it would show nothing.
If anyone on the course is reading this, please ask
John Hagelin why an interupted time series analysis is
not used to measure the ME. You can tell him that Dr.
Sun and Fun wants to know. He'll know who I am with
that comment and probably laugh.
--- dhamiltony2k5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, after reading Thom Krysto's Weekly Reader
> article about how the
> TMorg sanitizes things to their own benefit, who
> would you believe
> more here about this PR science report? Dr. Pete's
> review on FFL or
> Ken Chawkins of the MUM public relations department
> with this press
> release of the MUM public relations department?
>
> --- In [email protected], Peter
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > This is called PR science. It is a pile of shit
> and
> > any serious scientist knows it. I'd love to see
> them
> > try to publish this "research". What a joke. It is
> an
> > insult to MMY and this tradition.
> >
> > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.businessportal24.com/de/Investigating_The_Field_Effects_Of_
> 67514.html
> > >
> > > Investigating The Field Effects Of Consciousness
> On
> > > Socioeconomic Indices
> > > 2006/11/06 08:03
> > > Pressemeldung von:
> > > Medical News TODAY Mexico, 5th November 2006
> > >
> > > Can the large collective practice of a
> > > scientifically documented stress-reducing
> meditation
> > >
> > > technique positively impact a larger population
> > > through the "field effects of
> > > consciousness"--reducing societal stress, crime,
> and
> > > violence, and improving economic
> > > and climatic trends?
> > >
> > > Yes, according to a rigorous, controlled
> econometric
> > > analysis of the first 100 days of a $12
> > > million scientific demonstration project to
> monitor
> > > the effects of 1200 advanced
> > > Transcendental Meditation practitioners on U.S.
> > > quality of life indicators.
> > >
> > > The research shows that since the project began
> > > on July 23, the Dow Jones Industrial Index and
> the
> > > S&P 500 have posted total gains of
> > > approximately 12%, and the Nasdaq has climbed
> nearly
> > > 18%--with the Dow repeatedly
> > > hitting all-time record levels, the S&P reaching
> a
> > > 5.5-year high, and the Nasdaq climbing
> > > to a five-year high.
> > >
> > > "The group of advanced meditators are 'creating
> > > coherence in national consciousness'--
> > > generating confidence, optimism, and positivity
> in
> > > the national mood," said quantum
> > > physicist John Hagelin, Ph.D., the demonstration
> > > project director. "Sociologists as well as
> > > economists are aware that the markets are an
> > > extremely nimble and sensitive barometer of
> > > the collective consciousness."
> > >
> > > The results were presented during a news
> conference
> > > on Wednesday, November 1, at 10
> > > a.m. CST at Maharishi University of Management
> in
> > > Fairfield, Iowa.
> > >
> > > Panelists included
> > >
> > > * John Hagelin, Ph.D., director of the Institute
> of
> > > Science, Technology and Public Policy;
> > >
> > > * Ken Cavanaugh, Ph.D., professor of applied
> > > statistics and senior research scientist at the
> > > Institute of Science, Technology and Public
> Policy;
> > >
> > > * Fred Travis, Ph.D., director of the Center for
> > > Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition;
> > >
> > > * Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., director of
> the
> > > NIH-funded Institute of Natural Medicine
> > > and Prevention
> > >
> > > Dr. Hagelin also lodged a new set of predictions
> for
> > > the demonstration project, since an
> > > additional 500 advanced meditation experts from
> > > India are now joining the group to
> > > further intensify its positive impact. The
> > > predictions include a continued bullish rise in
> the
> > > stock market, a reduction in violent crime rates
> > > nationwide, and progress towards peace in
> > > the Middle East and North Korea.
> > >
> > >
> > > #
> > >
> > > The new research on the effects of collective
> > > meditation on society follows 23 previous
> > > studies published in peer-reviewed journals over
> the
> > > past 25 years. (See http://
> > > www.permanentpeace.org/.)
> > >
> > > The benefits of the Transcendental Meditation
> > > program for individual health are
> > > scientifically well documented. The National
> > > Institutes of Health has provided $25 million
> > > to study the effects of Transcendental
> Meditation
> > > practice on reducing stress and
> > > preventing and treating cardiovascular disease.
> The
> > > research been published in such peer-
> > > reviewed journals as the American Medical
> > > Association's Archives of Internal Medicine and
> > > the American Heart Association's Hypertension.
> > >
> > > Contact: Ken Chawkin
> > > Maharishi University of Management
> > > www.mum.edu
> > >
> > > Source:
> > >
> >
>
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=55688
> > >
> > >
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