[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-10-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced, i.e., for pseudoscience. Following is a list of the 2006 Ig Noble Prize winners; the awards were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should anyone ever been seen floating during a YF competition, and James Randi forced to pay up his $1 million challenge, the ME might well be revisited in a big way by the larger scientific community. Should pigs fly,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-10 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should anyone ever been seen floating during a YF competition, and James Randi forced to pay up his $1 million challenge, the ME might well

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:29 PM, sparaig wrote:The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime rate of Fairfield  could be skewed by having a single pickpocket living among the  sidhas. For that matter, the traffic accident rate during the Taste  of Utopia course could go up because the town's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread Peter
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime rate of Fairfield could be skewed by having a single pickpocket living among the sidhas. For that matter, the traffic accident rate during the Taste of Utopia course could go up because the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:29 PM, sparaig wrote: The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime rate of Fairfield could be skewed by having a single pickpocket living among the sidhas. For that matter, the traffic

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:20 AM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:29 PM, sparaig wrote: The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime rate of  Fairfield could be skewed by having a single pickpocket living among the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime rate of Fairfield could be skewed by having a single pickpocket living among the sidhas. For that matter, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:20 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:29 PM, sparaig wrote: The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:50 AM, authfriend wrote: But for   some people it will be hard to let go of these dreams of glory daze and rising sunshine. You mean, like the fact that international conflict has very sharply declined in recent years? Do you think that's because of lowered numbers of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid - ME, large numbers, $$$

2006-01-09 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:20 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:29 PM, sparaig wrote: The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:29 PM, sparaig wrote: The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime rate of Fairfield could be skewed by having a single pickpocket living among the sidhas. For that matter, the traffic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime rate of Fairfield could be skewed by having a single pickpocket living among the sidhas. For that matter, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:20 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:29 PM, sparaig wrote: The ME theory is a large numbers theory. The crime

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid - ME, large numbers, $$$

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:20 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid - ME, large numbers, $$$

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] rather than on the people arround him. For the ME to work as you suggest, that 1 person should overwhelm the negativity of 10,000 people since 1% of 10,000 is 100, and 1% of 100 is 1. the SQUAREROOT of 10,000 is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid - ME, large numbers, $$$

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] rather than on the people arround him. For the ME to work as you suggest, that 1 person should overwhelm the negativity of 10,000 people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid - ME, large numbers, $$$

2006-01-09 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a big-number theory as I have said. I believe they were talking in terms of 100 yogic fliers having a noticable effect on the surrounding population, which translates back into a minimum population of 1 million

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid - ME, large numbers, $$$

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a big-number theory as I have said. I believe they were talking in terms of 100 yogic fliers having a noticable effect on the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-08 Thread Peter
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's good that tmo scientists try to get published, but the spirit of the whole effort seems to fall more

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-08 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's good that tmo scientists

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-08 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's good that tmo scientists

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-08 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced, i.e., for pseudoscience. In his case the prize was awarded for his experimental conclusion

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread sparaig
Part of this is completely false and misleading. Hagelin's groundbreaking work started BECAUSE he linked MMY's Vedic Cosmology to Western Science. After some discussions with MMY in Switzerland, Hagelin started sifting through existing theories, looking for one that best fit MMY's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread shempmcgurk
Vaj: How do you incorporate hyperlinks in your text? It really works great! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oops: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced, i.e., for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread Vaj
On a Mac you just paste text as html.On Jan 7, 2006, at 12:40 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:Vaj: How do you incorporate hyperlinks in your text?  It really works  great! To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread Vaj
On Jan 7, 2006, at 12:18 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for   "achievements" that "cannot, or should not, be reproduced", i.e.,  for   pseudoscience. In his case the prize was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced, i.e., for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have little expertise in the field they are spouting about. Quoting from it will take you 6

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vaj: How do you incorporate hyperlinks in your text? It really works great! On a PC, click in the Address box of the browser window when you're on the page you want to link to, to select the URL, then Ctrl-C to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's good that tmo scientists try to get published, but the spirit of the whole effort seems to fall more under PR than science - and until at least one

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 7, 2006, at 12:18 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for achievements that cannot, or should

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced, i.e., for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced, i.e., for pseudoscience. In his case the prize was awarded for his experimental conclusion

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread Vaj
On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote:Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by   halfwits who have little expertise in the field they are spouting  about. Quoting from it will take you 6 months to a year to regain  your credibility. Just a friendly peice of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have little expertise in the field they are spouting about. Quoting from it will take you 6

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have little expertise in the field they are spouting about. Quoting from it will take you 6

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have little expertise in the field they are spouting about. Quoting from it will take you 6

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced, i.e., for pseudoscience. No, in fact the Ig Nobel is not just for pseudoscience, so sorry to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have little

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread Vaj
On Jan 6, 2006, at 10:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which is for achievements that cannot, or should not, be reproduced, i.e., for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 10:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have little expertise in the field they are spouting about. Quoting from it will take you 6

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 1994 Hagelin was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize, which

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread Vaj
On Jan 6, 2006, at 11:29 AM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:47 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Wikepedia is the biggest crock of shit. Half of it written by halfwits who have little expertise in the field they are spouting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting Hagelin factoid

2006-01-06 Thread Peter
--- markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's good that tmo scientists try to get published, but the spirit of the whole effort seems to fall more under PR than science - and until at least one independent scientist is impressed enough by the maharishi effect research to begin