Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Peter Rousseau rousseau...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

Mega hugs to Theresa. Kindness is so kind. I will strive for it.

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 6:59 PM Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com
[FairfieldLife]  wrote:

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> On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 1:42 PM Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
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>> Thank you Rick and Marty and Dick and hugs to Peter.
>
>
> Dick, yes my niece and grand niece came down with Covid back in March.
> Recovered but a scary time. Then there is a former friend of my stepson who
> tested positive but came out ok after quarantine. Another grand niece went
> to Alabama, from So Cal, to attend university there and has tested
> positive. She is quarantined and not so well. I am sure there are more.
> Tougher on the parents. So far no deaths.
>
> Rick. You created a belly laugh, thank you. I have found it challenging
> interacting with folks in Fairfield after the paradise of teaching TM in
> Maryland. Covid created a nice excuse to just stay quiet and at home.   I
> do love caring for animals. Unconditional love and trust, even among the
> wild ones. They teach me what compassion truly is.  Fascinating. I  get why
> God is so great: that infinite compassion for the constantly erring human..
> How lucky we are to have examples of living compassion surrounding us in
> thought, word and deed. Ma comes to mind.
>
> And Dick, and  Peter, the only way we can make wise and intelligent
> decisions is by having a platform that presents varying points of view.
> Maharishi used to suggest, get at least 3 Jyotishis not just one. See the
> patterns.  Truth remains steadfast.
>
> But be kind to one another.
>
> Consciousness and kindness
>
> Oh another thing Maharishi would constantly say to me: “Don’t expect
> perfection in the relative”. By its very nature it fluctuates.  But we
> don’t need to find fault with others either.
> Love knows no barriers. Love unifies. Let’s start living that 24/7.
>
> Love to you all
> Theresa
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>> Fairfield is full of crazy people who think they KNOW. And also plenty of
>> sane ones. There are a few guys on Purusha who believe (or maybe they would
>> say they KNOW) that the earth is flat. 50 years of meditation does not
>> insure sensibility.
>>
>> This might add to the discussion:
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>> TWELVE STEPS ON HOW TO DISTINGUISH AN ACADEMIC THEORY FROM A CONSPIRACY
>> THEORY
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>> by James D. Rietveld and his daughter Kristina V. Rietveld
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>> Originally my daughter and I posted this in August of 2016--this figures
>> in her academic field as well (Communications), but with all the CONSPIRACY
>> THEORIES going on as related to the CORONA VIRUS I've seen on
>>
>> Facebook and other places, this information is relevant again. Obviously,
>> I am not doubting the legitimacy of the Virus itself or what it is doing,
>> but I see many additional "spins" that are the product of conspiratorial
>> thinking!
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>> I am teaching a course on Conspiracy Theories as related to the Social
>> Sciences in the Fall at Cal Poly Pomona.
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>> So let's get started:
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>>1.
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>>A Scientific Theory can be proven false, while a Conspiracy Theory
>>can become more elaborate to accommodate new observations and so is
>>difficult to disprove, morphing so as to circumvent possible challenges to
>>the legitimacy of
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>>the theory.
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>>A Scientific Theory is not necessarily based upon a distrust of
>>authority, while a Conspiracy Theory often has the distrust of authority
>>and expert opinion at its central root. “Expert opinion" here is defined 
>> as
>>opinions as expressed
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>>by government studies, academic research, and privatized think-tanks.
>>They avoid evidence that goes through any legitimate peer review process.
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>>A Scientific Theory always examines the totality of the body of
>>evidence within the context of any given proposition, while a Conspiracy
>>Theory will typically “cherry pick” through the evidence, finding what
>>supports the already
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>>pre-believed and conceived proposition and disregard evidence that
>>goes contrary to it..
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>>Conspiracy Theories often involve what is called a “monological
>>belief system,” whereby any and all events can be explained by a web of
>>interconnected conspiracies, often reflecting the individual’s personal
>>sense of paranoia.
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>>They often operate like a web, where there is a central truth, but
>>the Conspiracy Therapist focuses upon the interconnectedness of everything
>>as opposed to going through a step-by-step process..
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>>Scientific Theorists apply critical thinking skills and are often
>>skeptics, while Conspiracy Theorists are NOT Skeptics 

Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Bhairitu noozgur...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

If you scroll down to the bottom of my post you will find my handle and 
email in the "posted by".  I'm not into absurd conspiracy theories like 
you mention.  It's usually just a difference of opinion that gets 
labeled as a "conspiracy theory" as a method for the poster to discredit 
someone.  The pandemic is a complex situation that researchers are still 
trying to figure out.  Some of us are along for the ride to see what 
they find and we don't want to rely on the mainstream "pop" media for 
that information especially when you can get it from the researchers 
themselves.

On 9/6/20 3:05 PM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
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> What name do you go by at The Corner (which I seldom read)? How far do 
> you take your conspiracy theories? Do you have “fun” believing that 
> Hillary Clinton is a pedophile who likes to eat her victims and drink 
> their blood? (Standard Q stuff: i.e., a mental health disorder).
>
> Rick Archer
>
> Buddha at the Gas Pump
>
> https://batgap.com
>
> *From:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 6, 2020 2:48 PM
> *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around 
> America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City
>
> Rick,
> As you know the boys over on The Corner like to brand me a "conspiracy
> theorist" even if I'm posting actual medical information even if it is
> from Falci himself.  They're sort of a "lost cause". They even branded
> the "UnHerd" YouTube channel as a conspiracy theorist channel even
> though the interviewer, who is very smart, interviews scientists from
> Stanford, Harvard, Oxford and elsewhere. Some of them are Nobel Prize
> winners.  One Stanford social scientist recently interviewed said that
> US should have comprised a team of scientists instead of just a couple
> like Falci and Birx.  Of course knowing scientists that team would just
> be finishing up their conclusions. 
>
> You seem think that conspiracy theorism is a mental health disorder.
> And I think that fearing conspiracy theories a mental health disorder.
> Some of us are amused at reading conspiracy theories and we take them in
> their context.  There is nothing wrong with speculation even if it is
> for fun.  Let's give the public a little more credit for sorting it out
> though I have my doubts about that given how easily they fell under the
> spell of government officials who are not even doctors.
>
> Researchers are learning all kinds of things about this Covid-19 virus.
> One Oxford epidemiologist when interviewed on UnHerd when asked what was
> learned from this pandemic replied "that people die".
>
> On 9/6/20 11:42 AM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com 
>  [FairfieldLife] wrote:
> >
> > Fairfield is full of crazy people who think they KNOW. And also plenty
> > of sane ones. There are a few guys on Purusha who believe (or maybe
> > they would say they KNOW) that the earth is flat. 50 years of
> > meditation does not insure sensibility. This might add to the 
> discussion:
> >
> > TWELVE STEPS ON HOW TO DISTINGUISH AN ACADEMIC THEORY FROM A
> > CONSPIRACY THEORY by James D. Rietveld and his daughter Kristina V.
> > Rietveld
> >
> > Originally my daughter and I posted this in August of 2016--this
> > figures in her academic field as well (Communications), but with all
> > the CONSPIRACY THEORIES going on as related to the CORONA VIRUS I've
> > seen on Facebook and other places, this information is relevant again.
> > Obviously, I am not doubting the legitimacy of the Virus itself or
> > what it is doing, but I see many additional "spins" that are the
> > product of conspiratorial thinking!
> >
> > I am teaching a course on Conspiracy Theories as related to the Social
> > Sciences in the Fall at Cal Poly Pomona.
> >
> > So let's get started:
> >
> > 1. A Scientific Theory can be proven false, while a Conspiracy Theory
> > can become more elaborate to accommodate new observations and so
> > is difficult to disprove, morphing so as to circumvent possible
> > challenges to the legitimacy of the theory.
> >
> > 2. A Scientific Theory is not necessarily based upon a distrust of
> > authority, while a Conspiracy Theory often has the distrust of
> > authority and expert opinion at its central root. “Expert opinion"
> > here is defined as opinions as expressed by government studies,
> > academic research, and privatized think-tanks. They avoid evidence
> > that goes through any legitimate peer review process.
> >
> > 3. A Scientific Theory always examines the totality of the body of
> > evidence within the context of any given proposition, while a
> > Conspiracy Theory will typically “cherry pick” through the
> > evidence, finding what supports the already pre-believed and
> > conceived proposition and disregard evidence that goes contrary to it.
> >
> > 4. Conspiracy Theories often involve what is called a “monological
> > belief system,” whereby any 

Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Marty Davis martybigisl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Great Rick
Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 6, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com 
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
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> Peter, you weren’t claiming a subjective opinion. You were claiming to KNOW 
> it due to your 50 years of meditation. Even now you’re capitalizing Truth as 
> if your view of the NY Times is absolute because of your years of meditation. 
> Well I’ve been meditating 52 years and have never missed one. Does that make 
> my view more valid? Theresa’s got us both beat by about 10 years. If the 
> number of years spent meditating is an indicator of infallibility, then we 
> should both defer to her. Here’s an objective media bias chart: 
> https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart-2/. The New York 
> Times scores way better than Fox News, if that’s what you’re alluding to.
> 
>  
> 
> Rick Archer
> 
> Buddha at the Gas Pump
> 
> https://batgap.com
> 
>  
> 
> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com  
> Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 2:44 PM
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America 
> becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City
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> Teresa,
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> I told you the Truth as I see it. I fail to see the invective in what I said. 
> The degrees are not impressive to me. You included them in your initial 
> message. What was the purpose in that addition? Impress me, intimidate me? I 
> have a B.A. and I could care less about it. I didn't include it in my message 
> because it doesn't matter. Today's Universities are hardly the Academy of 
> Plato, and M.A., Phd degrees,etc. do not confirm that one really knows 
> anything, do they? At best, some relative, evanescent information. As I 
> mentioned before, true learning comes from within; not from living in an 
> academic environment or reading books and studying incessantly. MMY said that 
> many times! Yes, compassion is important, but misplaced compassion is 
> foolishness and enabling. You are so full of love to wish me a karmic debt. 
> Thank you for your kindness! I certainly didn't wish such a thing upon you 
> and I still do not. Is that a karmic debt for you?
> 
>  
> 
> I suspect that I hurt your feelings in my initial response. For that I do 
> apologize! 
> 
>  
> 
> I thought that your support of a journalistic failure such as the NYTimes was 
> mind numbing. If you do not like that comment it is hardly invective. It is 
> my opinion on that journalistic device. Other publications do a much better 
> job than the Times. Perhaps you should look elsewhere for information.
> 
>  
> 
> Whatever I have come to gain from my meditation I gain from the Personal God, 
> in the purusha, and Maheshji was His agent and I honor Him best by practicing 
> unfailingly his meditation method as I have done for 50 years. 
> 
>  
> 
> Namaste
> 
>  
> 
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 2:23 PM Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com 
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
> 
>  
> 
> Maharishi designed my education so you also do not respect him.  He trained 
> me in journalism; obviously you lack his training.
> 
>  
> 
> Consciousness based is compassion based.
> 
>  
> 
> Light of life nourishes, you need to learn how to do that.
> 
>  
> 
> Yes, poison is effective, but you will need to be reborn to pay off the 
> karmic debt you are encurring by spreading invective.
> 
>  
> 
> Avert your danger.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 
> On Sep 6, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Peter Rousseau rousseau...@gmail.com 
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
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> Teresa,
> 
>  
> 
> I am not impressed by your degrees. Meaningless really! The only real knowing 
> comes from within and not from academic training. If you think the New York 
> Times is a reputable news source I am helpless in assisting you to understand 
> how wrong you are! Half the country would disagree with you, at least.
> 
>  
> 
> The quality of my discerning mind qualifies me to know Truth and falsehood 
> when I see it. Isn't that the point of our meditation, to really SEE, and 
> know the difference? That is the result of my dedication, discipline and 
> devotion to the Ishtadeva! I state this not to gloat but simply to state a 
> fact. That is precisely why I have meditated all these years; to acquire this 
> intuitive faculty of mind, so I could KNOW!
> 
>  
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
>  
> 
> Peter Rousseau 
> 
> Meditator 50 years Nov.19, 2020
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 12:11 PM Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com 
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you Dick for this most informative article.  When my husband and I go 
> to Iowa City these days, I can sense sickness in the air.   Before it was not 
> so bad. I think there is only one case so far.
> 
>  
> 
> I read what Peter wrote you.  I do not think he is qualified to comment on 
> the quality of journalism.  NY Times is excellent and engaging and 
> investigative.  The paper has the reputation for ferreting out the 

Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 1:42 PM Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com
[FairfieldLife]  wrote:

>
>
> Thank you Rick and Marty and Dick and hugs to Peter.


Dick, yes my niece and grand niece came down with Covid back in March.
Recovered but a scary time. Then there is a former friend of my stepson who
tested positive but came out ok after quarantine. Another grand niece went
to Alabama, from So Cal, to attend university there and has tested
positive. She is quarantined and not so well. I am sure there are more.
Tougher on the parents. So far no deaths.

Rick. You created a belly laugh, thank you. I have found it challenging
interacting with folks in Fairfield after the paradise of teaching TM in
Maryland. Covid created a nice excuse to just stay quiet and at home.   I
do love caring for animals. Unconditional love and trust, even among the
wild ones. They teach me what compassion truly is.  Fascinating. I  get why
God is so great: that infinite compassion for the constantly erring human.
How lucky we are to have examples of living compassion surrounding us in
thought, word and deed. Ma comes to mind.

And Dick, and  Peter, the only way we can make wise and intelligent
decisions is by having a platform that presents varying points of view.
Maharishi used to suggest, get at least 3 Jyotishis not just one. See the
patterns.  Truth remains steadfast.

But be kind to one another.

Consciousness and kindness

Oh another thing Maharishi would constantly say to me: “Don’t expect
perfection in the relative”. By its very nature it fluctuates.  But we
don’t need to find fault with others either.
Love knows no barriers. Love unifies. Let’s start living that 24/7.

Love to you all
Theresa



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> Fairfield is full of crazy people who think they KNOW. And also plenty of
> sane ones. There are a few guys on Purusha who believe (or maybe they would
> say they KNOW) that the earth is flat. 50 years of meditation does not
> insure sensibility.
>
> This might add to the discussion:
>
>
>
>
>
> TWELVE STEPS ON HOW TO DISTINGUISH AN ACADEMIC THEORY FROM A CONSPIRACY
> THEORY
>
> by James D. Rietveld and his daughter Kristina V. Rietveld
>
>
>
>
>
> Originally my daughter and I posted this in August of 2016--this figures
> in her academic field as well (Communications), but with all the CONSPIRACY
> THEORIES going on as related to the CORONA VIRUS I've seen on
>
> Facebook and other places, this information is relevant again. Obviously,
> I am not doubting the legitimacy of the Virus itself or what it is doing,
> but I see many additional "spins" that are the product of conspiratorial
> thinking!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I am teaching a course on Conspiracy Theories as related to the Social
> Sciences in the Fall at Cal Poly Pomona.
>
>
>
>
>
> So let's get started:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>1.
>
>A Scientific Theory can be proven false, while a Conspiracy Theory can
>become more elaborate to accommodate new observations and so is difficult
>to disprove, morphing so as to circumvent possible challenges to the
>legitimacy of
>
>the theory.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>1.
>
>A Scientific Theory is not necessarily based upon a distrust of
>authority, while a Conspiracy Theory often has the distrust of authority
>and expert opinion at its central root. “Expert opinion" here is defined as
>opinions as expressed
>
>by government studies, academic research, and privatized think-tanks.
>They avoid evidence that goes through any legitimate peer review process.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>1.
>
>A Scientific Theory always examines the totality of the body of
>evidence within the context of any given proposition, while a Conspiracy
>Theory will typically “cherry pick” through the evidence, finding what
>supports the already
>
>pre-believed and conceived proposition and disregard evidence that
>goes contrary to it.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>1.
>
>Conspiracy Theories often involve what is called a “monological belief
>system,” whereby any and all events can be explained by a web of
>interconnected conspiracies, often reflecting the individual’s personal
>sense of paranoia.
>
>They often operate like a web, where there is a central truth, but the
>Conspiracy Therapist focuses upon the interconnectedness of everything as
>opposed to going through a step-by-step process.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>1.
>
>Scientific Theorists apply critical thinking skills and are often
>skeptics, while Conspiracy Theorists are NOT Skeptics but “selective
>doubters”, already favoring a worldview, which they uncritically defend
>(and so have already
>
>made up their mind of what the “truth” is, with no plans to change
>that part of their proposition).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>1.
>
>Those who have trust issues with other people in general are more
>likely to believe others are colluding against them, and so are often 

Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Peter Rousseau rousseau...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

Hey Rick nice try but you know nothing about the organic quality of my body
coming in; or the constellation pattern governing my development; I know
nothing of yours. So, you cannot really speak to the issue regarding my
perspective or my capacity to discern Truth per se; I would not question
yours. Let's just say I know my intuitional development from my experience.
That seems MMY sustainable. It is not based upon 50 years only. 50 years
taking into account the organic advantages or disadvantages of 1 person's
nervous system when compared to another. I am not comparing you, or Teresa
and myself here. I am just making the point. The body you came in with is a
very big thing to consider here. Some can go faster than others and some
favor certain abilities versus another person. Maybe you just do not like
anyone speaking with certainty and confidence I suspect, and you
immediately take a contrary perspective. That is perfectly fine. I get it
and it is more interesting than what gets posted usually on this site.

Take Care!

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 6:02 PM Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com
[FairfieldLife]  wrote:

>
>
> Peter, you weren’t claiming a subjective opinion. You were claiming to
> KNOW it due to your 50 years of meditation. Even now you’re capitalizing
> Truth as if your view of the NY Times is absolute because of your years of
> meditation. Well I’ve been meditating 52 years and have never missed one.
> Does that make my view more valid? Theresa’s got us both beat by about 10
> years. If the number of years spent meditating is an indicator of
> infallibility, then we should both defer to her. Here’s an objective media
> bias chart: https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart-2/..
> The New York Times scores way better than Fox News, if that’s what you’re
> alluding to.
>
>
>
> Rick Archer
>
> Buddha at the Gas Pump
>
> https://batgap.com
>
>
>
> *From:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 6, 2020 2:44 PM
> *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around
> America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City
>
>
>
>
>
> Teresa,
>
>
>
> I told you the Truth as I see it. I fail to see the invective in what I
> said. The degrees are not impressive to me. You included them in your
> initial message. What was the purpose in that addition? Impress me,
> intimidate me? I have a B.A. and I could care less about it. I didn't
> include it in my message because it doesn't matter. Today's Universities
> are hardly the Academy of Plato, and M.A., Phd degrees,etc. do not confirm
> that one really knows anything, do they? At best, some relative, evanescent
> information. As I mentioned before, true learning comes from within; not
> from living in an academic environment or reading books and studying
> incessantly. MMY said that many times! Yes, compassion is important, but
> misplaced compassion is foolishness and enabling. You are so full of love
> to wish me a karmic debt. Thank you for your kindness! I certainly didn't
> wish such a thing upon you and I still do not. Is that a karmic debt for
> you?
>
>
>
> I suspect that I hurt your feelings in my initial response. For that I do
> apologize!
>
>
>
> I thought that your support of a journalistic failure such as the NYTimes
> was mind numbing. If you do not like that comment it is hardly invective.
> It is my opinion on that journalistic device. Other publications do a much
> better job than the Times. Perhaps you should look elsewhere for
> information.
>
>
>
> Whatever I have come to gain from my meditation I gain from the Personal
> God, in the purusha, and Maheshji was His agent and I honor Him best by
> practicing unfailingly his meditation method as I have done for 50 years.
>
>
>
> Namaste
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 2:23 PM Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
>
>
>
> Maharishi designed my education so you also do not respect him.  He
> trained me in journalism; obviously you lack his training.
>
>
>
> Consciousness based is compassion based.
>
>
>
> Light of life nourishes, you need to learn how to do that.
>
>
>
> Yes, poison is effective, but you will need to be reborn to pay off the
> karmic debt you are encurring by spreading invective.
>
>
>
> Avert your danger.
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Sep 6, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Peter Rousseau rousseau...@gmail.com
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
>
> 
>
> Teresa,
>
>
>
> I am not impressed by your degrees. Meaningless really! The only real
> knowing comes from within and not from academic training. If you think the
> New York Times is a reputable news source I am helpless in assisting you to
> understand how wrong you are! Half the country would disagree with you, at
> least.
>
>
>
> The quality of my discerning mind qualifies me to know Truth and falsehood
> when I see it. Isn't that the point of our meditation, to really SEE, and
> know the difference? That is the 

RE: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]]

What name do you go by at The Corner (which I seldom read)? How far do you take 
your conspiracy theories? Do you have “fun” believing that Hillary Clinton is a 
pedophile who likes to eat her victims and drink their blood? (Standard Q 
stuff: i.e., a mental health disorder).

Rick Archer
Buddha at the Gas Pump
https://batgap.com

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 2:48 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America 
becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City



Rick,
As you know the boys over on The Corner like to brand me a "conspiracy
theorist" even if I'm posting actual medical information even if it is
from Falci himself.  They're sort of a "lost cause". They even branded
the "UnHerd" YouTube channel as a conspiracy theorist channel even
though the interviewer, who is very smart, interviews scientists from
Stanford, Harvard, Oxford and elsewhere. Some of them are Nobel Prize
winners.  One Stanford social scientist recently interviewed said that
US should have comprised a team of scientists instead of just a couple
like Falci and Birx.  Of course knowing scientists that team would just
be finishing up their conclusions. 

You seem think that conspiracy theorism is a mental health disorder.
And I think that fearing conspiracy theories a mental health disorder.
Some of us are amused at reading conspiracy theories and we take them in
their context.  There is nothing wrong with speculation even if it is
for fun.  Let's give the public a little more credit for sorting it out
though I have my doubts about that given how easily they fell under the
spell of government officials who are not even doctors.

Researchers are learning all kinds of things about this Covid-19 virus.
One Oxford epidemiologist when interviewed on UnHerd when asked what was
learned from this pandemic replied "that people die".

On 9/6/20 11:42 AM, Rick Archer 
r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
>
> Fairfield is full of crazy people who think they KNOW. And also plenty
> of sane ones. There are a few guys on Purusha who believe (or maybe
> they would say they KNOW) that the earth is flat. 50 years of
> meditation does not insure sensibility. This might add to the discussion:
>
> TWELVE STEPS ON HOW TO DISTINGUISH AN ACADEMIC THEORY FROM A
> CONSPIRACY THEORY by James D. Rietveld and his daughter Kristina V.
> Rietveld
>
> Originally my daughter and I posted this in August of 2016--this
> figures in her academic field as well (Communications), but with all
> the CONSPIRACY THEORIES going on as related to the CORONA VIRUS I've
> seen on Facebook and other places, this information is relevant again.
> Obviously, I am not doubting the legitimacy of the Virus itself or
> what it is doing, but I see many additional "spins" that are the
> product of conspiratorial thinking!
>
> I am teaching a course on Conspiracy Theories as related to the Social
> Sciences in the Fall at Cal Poly Pomona.
>
> So let's get started:
>
> 1. A Scientific Theory can be proven false, while a Conspiracy Theory
> can become more elaborate to accommodate new observations and so
> is difficult to disprove, morphing so as to circumvent possible
> challenges to the legitimacy of the theory.
>
> 2. A Scientific Theory is not necessarily based upon a distrust of
> authority, while a Conspiracy Theory often has the distrust of
> authority and expert opinion at its central root. “Expert opinion"
> here is defined as opinions as expressed by government studies,
> academic research, and privatized think-tanks. They avoid evidence
> that goes through any legitimate peer review process.
>
> 3. A Scientific Theory always examines the totality of the body of
> evidence within the context of any given proposition, while a
> Conspiracy Theory will typically “cherry pick” through the
> evidence, finding what supports the already pre-believed and
> conceived proposition and disregard evidence that goes contrary to it.
>
> 4. Conspiracy Theories often involve what is called a “monological
> belief system,” whereby any and all events can be explained by a
> web of interconnected conspiracies, often reflecting the
> individual’s personal sense of paranoia. They often operate like a
> web, where there is a central truth, but the Conspiracy Therapist
> focuses upon the interconnectedness of everything as opposed to
> going through a step-by-step process.
>
> 5. Scientific Theorists apply critical thinking skills and are often
> skeptics, while Conspiracy Theorists are NOT Skeptics but
> “selective doubters”, already favoring a worldview, which they
> uncritically defend (and so have already made up their mind of
> what the “truth” is, with no plans to change that part of their
> proposition).
>
> 6. Those who have trust issues with other people in general are more
> likely to believe others are colluding against them, and so are
> often more 

RE: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]]

Peter, you weren’t claiming a subjective opinion. You were claiming to KNOW it 
due to your 50 years of meditation. Even now you’re capitalizing Truth as if 
your view of the NY Times is absolute because of your years of meditation. Well 
I’ve been meditating 52 years and have never missed one. Does that make my view 
more valid? Theresa’s got us both beat by about 10 years. If the number of 
years spent meditating is an indicator of infallibility, then we should both 
defer to her. Here’s an objective media bias chart: 
https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart-2/. The New York 
Times scores way better than Fox News, if that’s what you’re alluding to.

Rick Archer
Buddha at the Gas Pump
https://batgap.com

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 2:44 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America 
becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City


Teresa,

I told you the Truth as I see it. I fail to see the invective in what I said. 
The degrees are not impressive to me. You included them in your initial 
message. What was the purpose in that addition? Impress me, intimidate me? I 
have a B.A. and I could care less about it. I didn't include it in my message 
because it doesn't matter. Today's Universities are hardly the Academy of 
Plato, and M.A., Phd degrees,etc. do not confirm that one really knows 
anything, do they? At best, some relative, evanescent information. As I 
mentioned before, true learning comes from within; not from living in an 
academic environment or reading books and studying incessantly. MMY said that 
many times! Yes, compassion is important, but misplaced compassion is 
foolishness and enabling. You are so full of love to wish me a karmic debt. 
Thank you for your kindness! I certainly didn't wish such a thing upon you and 
I still do not. Is that a karmic debt for you?

I suspect that I hurt your feelings in my initial response. For that I do 
apologize!

I thought that your support of a journalistic failure such as the NYTimes was 
mind numbing. If you do not like that comment it is hardly invective. It is my 
opinion on that journalistic device. Other publications do a much better job 
than the Times. Perhaps you should look elsewhere for information.

Whatever I have come to gain from my meditation I gain from the Personal God, 
in the purusha, and Maheshji was His agent and I honor Him best by practicing 
unfailingly his meditation method as I have done for 50 years.

Namaste

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 2:23 PM Theresa Olson 
theresaolson...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] 
mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:


Maharishi designed my education so you also do not respect him.  He trained me 
in journalism; obviously you lack his training.

Consciousness based is compassion based.

Light of life nourishes, you need to learn how to do that.

Yes, poison is effective, but you will need to be reborn to pay off the karmic 
debt you are encurring by spreading invective.

Avert your danger.


Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 6, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Peter Rousseau 
rousseau...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] 
mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:

Teresa,

I am not impressed by your degrees. Meaningless really! The only real knowing 
comes from within and not from academic training. If you think the New York 
Times is a reputable news source I am helpless in assisting you to understand 
how wrong you are! Half the country would disagree with you, at least.

The quality of my discerning mind qualifies me to know Truth and falsehood when 
I see it. Isn't that the point of our meditation, to really SEE, and know the 
difference? That is the result of my dedication, discipline and devotion to the 
Ishtadeva! I state this not to gloat but simply to state a fact. That is 
precisely why I have meditated all these years; to acquire this intuitive 
faculty of mind, so I could KNOW!

Best Wishes,

Peter Rousseau
Meditator 50 years Nov.19, 2020


On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 12:11 PM Theresa Olson 
theresaolson...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] 
mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:


Thank you Dick for this most informative article.  When my husband and I go to 
Iowa City these days, I can sense sickness in the air.   Before it was not so 
bad. I think there is only one case so far.

I read what Peter wrote you.  I do not think he is qualified to comment on the 
quality of journalism.  NY Times is excellent and engaging and investigative.  
The paper has the reputation for ferreting out the truth that remains hidden 
underneath.  Right now the country needs truth, not conspiracy theories.

Please continue to share such stories with the community.  You are a valued 
source of accurate information.

Sincerely
Theresa Olson, ma, ms, mdci, PhD.




On Sep 6, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Dick Mays 

[FairfieldLife] September 17 to October 19 will be time of profound spiritual transformation

[Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife]]

>From a friend on Purusha in India:

During our virtual meeting with Global Mother Divine Organization led by Raj 
Rajeshwari Candace, she made this important announcement:

During the time from September 17 to October 19 it will be a time of profound 
spiritual transformation for the world. With almost all the planets transiting 
their own house according to the Vedic Lunar calendar, there will be the 
occurrence of a rare 13th month this year. It is NOT an auspicious time for 
beginning new endeavors or material gains. It Is however a very good time for 
going inward and deepening Spiritual gains and doing long programs..

Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Marty Davis martybigisl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Go Theresa 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 6, 2020, at 8:23 AM, Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com 
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
> 
> Maharishi designed my education so you also do not respect him.  He trained 
> me in journalism; obviously you lack his training.
> 
> 
> Consciousness based is compassion based.
> 
> Light of life nourishes, you need to learn how to do that.
> 
> Yes, poison is effective, but you will need to be reborn to pay off the 
> karmic debt you are encurring by spreading invective.
> 
> Avert your danger.
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 6, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Peter Rousseau rousseau...@gmail.com 
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
> 
>   
> Teresa,
> 
> I am not impressed by your degrees. Meaningless really! The only real knowing 
> comes from within and not from academic training. If you think the New York 
> Times is a reputable news source I am helpless in assisting you to understand 
> how wrong you are! Half the country would disagree with you, at least.
> 
> The quality of my discerning mind qualifies me to know Truth and falsehood 
> when I see it. Isn't that the point of our meditation, to really SEE, and 
> know the difference? That is the result of my dedication, discipline and 
> devotion to the Ishtadeva! I state this not to gloat but simply to state a 
> fact. That is precisely why I have meditated all these years; to acquire this 
> intuitive faculty of mind, so I could KNOW!
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> Peter Rousseau 
> Meditator 50 years Nov.19, 2020
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 12:11 PM Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com 
>> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
>>  
>> Thank you Dick for this most informative article.  When my husband and I go 
>> to Iowa City these days, I can sense sickness in the air.   Before it was 
>> not so bad. I think there is only one case so far.
>> 
>> 
>> I read what Peter wrote you.  I do not think he is qualified to comment on 
>> the quality of journalism.  NY Times is excellent and engaging and 
>> investigative.  The paper has the reputation for ferreting out the truth 
>> that remains hidden underneath.  Right now the country needs truth, not 
>> conspiracy theories.  
>> 
>> Please continue to share such stories with the community.  You are a valued 
>> source of accurate information.
>> 
>> Sincerely
>> Theresa Olson, ma, ms, mdci, PhD. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 6, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife] 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From today’s New York Times
>>> <06weekend-briefing-slide-SVYS-articleLarge.jpg>
>>> Kathryn Gamble for The New York Times
>>> 4. College towns around America are becoming coronavirus hot spots.
>>> 
>>> About 100 college communities across the country, including Iowa City, 
>>> above, have seen an increase in coronavirus cases in recent weeks as 
>>> students return for the fall semester. The potential spread of the virus 
>>> off-campus has deeply affected workplaces, schools, governments and other 
>>> institutions in local communities.
>>> 
>>> In the U.S., at least 51,000 coronavirus cases and at least 60 deaths from 
>>> the virus can be traced to American colleges and universities, a Times 
>>> survey found.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thank You,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Bhairitu noozgur...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

Rick,
As you know the boys over on The Corner like to brand me a "conspiracy 
theorist" even if I'm posting actual medical information even if it is 
from Falci himself.  They're sort of a "lost cause". They even branded 
the "UnHerd" YouTube channel as a conspiracy theorist channel even 
though the interviewer, who is very smart, interviews scientists from 
Stanford, Harvard, Oxford and elsewhere. Some of them are Nobel Prize 
winners.  One Stanford social scientist recently interviewed said that 
US should have comprised a team of scientists instead of just a couple 
like Falci and Birx.  Of course knowing scientists that team would just 
be finishing up their conclusions. 

You seem think that conspiracy theorism is a mental health disorder.  
And I think that fearing conspiracy theories a mental health disorder.  
Some of us are amused at reading conspiracy theories and we take them in 
their context.  There is nothing wrong with speculation even if it is 
for fun.  Let's give the public a little more credit for sorting it out 
though I have my doubts about that given how easily they fell under the 
spell of government officials who are not even doctors.

Researchers are learning all kinds of things about this Covid-19 virus.  
One Oxford epidemiologist when interviewed on UnHerd when asked what was 
learned from this pandemic replied "that people die".

On 9/6/20 11:42 AM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
>
> Fairfield is full of crazy people who think they KNOW. And also plenty 
> of sane ones. There are a few guys on Purusha who believe (or maybe 
> they would say they KNOW) that the earth is flat. 50 years of 
> meditation does not insure sensibility. This might add to the discussion:
>
> TWELVE STEPS ON HOW TO DISTINGUISH AN ACADEMIC THEORY FROM A 
> CONSPIRACY THEORY by James D. Rietveld and his daughter Kristina V. 
> Rietveld
>
> Originally my daughter and I posted this in August of 2016--this 
> figures in her academic field as well (Communications), but with all 
> the CONSPIRACY THEORIES going on as related to the CORONA VIRUS I've 
> seen on Facebook and other places, this information is relevant again. 
> Obviously, I am not doubting the legitimacy of the Virus itself or 
> what it is doing, but I see many additional "spins" that are the 
> product of conspiratorial thinking!
>
> I am teaching a course on Conspiracy Theories as related to the Social 
> Sciences in the Fall at Cal Poly Pomona.
>
> So let's get started:
>
>  1. A Scientific Theory can be proven false, while a Conspiracy Theory
> can become more elaborate to accommodate new observations and so
> is difficult to disprove, morphing so as to circumvent possible
> challenges to the legitimacy of the theory.
>
>  2. A Scientific Theory is not necessarily based upon a distrust of
> authority, while a Conspiracy Theory often has the distrust of
> authority and expert opinion at its central root. “Expert opinion"
> here is defined as opinions as expressed by government studies,
> academic research, and privatized think-tanks. They avoid evidence
> that goes through any legitimate peer review process.
>
>  3. A Scientific Theory always examines the totality of the body of
> evidence within the context of any given proposition, while a
> Conspiracy Theory will typically “cherry pick” through the
> evidence, finding what supports the already pre-believed and
> conceived proposition and disregard evidence that goes contrary to it.
>
>  4. Conspiracy Theories often involve what is called a “monological
> belief system,” whereby any and all events can be explained by a
> web of interconnected conspiracies, often reflecting the
> individual’s personal sense of paranoia. They often operate like a
> web, where there is a central truth, but the Conspiracy Therapist
> focuses upon the interconnectedness of everything as opposed to
> going through a step-by-step process.
>
>  5. Scientific Theorists apply critical thinking skills and are often
> skeptics, while Conspiracy Theorists are NOT Skeptics but
> “selective doubters”, already favoring a worldview, which they
> uncritically defend (and so have already made up their mind of
> what the “truth” is, with no plans to change that part of their
> proposition).
>
>  6. Those who have trust issues with other people in general are more
> likely to believe others are colluding against them, and so are
> often more susceptible to Conspiracy Theories than others.
>
>  7. Conspiracy Theorists often omit situational factors and chance,
> believing everything has deliberate intention behind it, creating
> imaginary links to fill in the gaps in order to make the
> conspiracy idea “fit” and often entertaining ideas outside the
> realm of logical deduction in order to do so.
>
>  8. Those who entertain Conspiracy Theories often enjoy mystery and
> intrigue in 

Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Peter Rousseau rousseau...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

Teresa,

I told you the Truth as I see it. I fail to see the invective in what I
said. The degrees are not impressive to me. You included them in your
initial message. What was the purpose in that addition? Impress me,
intimidate me? I have a B.A. and I could care less about it. I didn't
include it in my message because it doesn't matter. Today's Universities
are hardly the Academy of Plato, and M.A., Phd degrees,etc. do not confirm
that one really knows anything, do they? At best, some relative, evanescent
information. As I mentioned before, true learning comes from within; not
from living in an academic environment or reading books and studying
incessantly. MMY said that many times! Yes, compassion is important, but
misplaced compassion is foolishness and enabling. You are so full of love
to wish me a karmic debt. Thank you for your kindness! I certainly didn't
wish such a thing upon you and I still do not. Is that a karmic debt for
you?

I suspect that I hurt your feelings in my initial response. For that I do
apologize!

I thought that your support of a journalistic failure such as the NYTimes
was mind numbing. If you do not like that comment it is hardly invective.
It is my opinion on that journalistic device. Other publications do a much
better job than the Times. Perhaps you should look elsewhere for
information.

Whatever I have come to gain from my meditation I gain from the Personal
God, in the purusha, and Maheshji was His agent and I honor Him best by
practicing unfailingly his meditation method as I have done for 50 years.

Namaste

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 2:23 PM Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com
[FairfieldLife]  wrote:

>
>
> Maharishi designed my education so you also do not respect him.  He
> trained me in journalism; obviously you lack his training.
>
> Consciousness based is compassion based.
>
> Light of life nourishes, you need to learn how to do that.
>
> Yes, poison is effective, but you will need to be reborn to pay off the
> karmic debt you are encurring by spreading invective.
>
> Avert your danger.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 6, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Peter Rousseau rousseau...@gmail.com
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
>
> 
>
> Teresa,
>
> I am not impressed by your degrees. Meaningless really! The only real
> knowing comes from within and not from academic training. If you think the
> New York Times is a reputable news source I am helpless in assisting you to
> understand how wrong you are! Half the country would disagree with you, at
> least.
>
> The quality of my discerning mind qualifies me to know Truth and falsehood
> when I see it. Isn't that the point of our meditation, to really SEE, and
> know the difference? That is the result of my dedication, discipline and
> devotion to the Ishtadeva! I state this not to gloat but simply to state a
> fact. That is precisely why I have meditated all these years; to acquire
> this intuitive faculty of mind, so I could KNOW!
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Peter Rousseau
> Meditator 50 years Nov.19, 2020
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 12:11 PM Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Thank you Dick for this most informative article.  When my husband and I
>> go to Iowa City these days, I can sense sickness in the air.   Before it
>> was not so bad. I think there is only one case so far.
>>
>> I read what Peter wrote you.  I do not think he is qualified to comment
>> on the quality of journalism.  NY Times is excellent and engaging and
>> investigative.  The paper has the reputation for ferreting out the truth
>> that remains hidden underneath.  Right now the country needs truth, not
>> conspiracy theories.
>>
>> Please continue to share such stories with the community.  You are a
>> valued source of accurate information.
>>
>> Sincerely
>> Theresa Olson, ma, ms, mdci, PhD.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 6, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com
>> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> From today’s New York Times
>> <06weekend-briefing-slide-SVYS-articleLarge.jpg>
>> Kathryn Gamble for The New York Times
>>
>> 4. College towns around America are becoming coronavirus hot spots.
>>
>> About 100 college communities
>> 
>>  across
>> the country, including Iowa City, above, have seen an increase in
>> coronavirus cases in recent weeks as students return for the fall semester.
>> The potential spread of the virus off-campus has deeply affected
>> workplaces, schools, governments and other institutions in local
>> communities.
>>
>> In 

RE: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]]

Fairfield is full of crazy people who think they KNOW. And also plenty of sane 
ones. There are a few guys on Purusha who believe (or maybe they would say they 
KNOW) that the earth is flat. 50 years of meditation does not insure 
sensibility. This might add to the discussion:


TWELVE STEPS ON HOW TO DISTINGUISH AN ACADEMIC THEORY FROM A CONSPIRACY THEORY 
by James D. Rietveld and his daughter Kristina V. Rietveld



Originally my daughter and I posted this in August of 2016--this figures in her 
academic field as well (Communications), but with all the CONSPIRACY THEORIES 
going on as related to the CORONA VIRUS I've seen on Facebook and other places, 
this information is relevant again. Obviously, I am not doubting the legitimacy 
of the Virus itself or what it is doing, but I see many additional "spins" that 
are the product of conspiratorial thinking!



I am teaching a course on Conspiracy Theories as related to the Social Sciences 
in the Fall at Cal Poly Pomona.



So let's get started:



  1.  A Scientific Theory can be proven false, while a Conspiracy Theory can 
become more elaborate to accommodate new observations and so is difficult to 
disprove, morphing so as to circumvent possible challenges to the legitimacy of 
the theory.



  1.  A Scientific Theory is not necessarily based upon a distrust of 
authority, while a Conspiracy Theory often has the distrust of authority and 
expert opinion at its central root. “Expert opinion" here is defined as 
opinions as expressed by government studies, academic research, and privatized 
think-tanks. They avoid evidence that goes through any legitimate peer review 
process.



  1.  A Scientific Theory always examines the totality of the body of evidence 
within the context of any given proposition, while a Conspiracy Theory will 
typically “cherry pick” through the evidence, finding what supports the already 
pre-believed and conceived proposition and disregard evidence that goes 
contrary to it.



  1.  Conspiracy Theories often involve what is called a “monological belief 
system,” whereby any and all events can be explained by a web of interconnected 
conspiracies, often reflecting the individual’s personal sense of paranoia. 
They often operate like a web, where there is a central truth, but the 
Conspiracy Therapist focuses upon the interconnectedness of everything as 
opposed to going through a step-by-step process.



  1.  Scientific Theorists apply critical thinking skills and are often 
skeptics, while Conspiracy Theorists are NOT Skeptics but “selective doubters”, 
already favoring a worldview, which they uncritically defend (and so have 
already made up their mind of what the “truth” is, with no plans to change that 
part of their proposition).



  1.  Those who have trust issues with other people in general are more likely 
to believe others are colluding against them, and so are often more susceptible 
to Conspiracy Theories than others.



  1.  Conspiracy Theorists often omit situational factors and chance, believing 
everything has deliberate intention behind it, creating imaginary links to fill 
in the gaps in order to make the conspiracy idea “fit” and often entertaining 
ideas outside the realm of logical deduction in order to do so.



  1.  Those who entertain Conspiracy Theories often enjoy mystery and intrigue 
in general, seeking something sensational and thrilling to relieve mundane 
daily affairs. The fact that they know something others do not makes them feel 
special and important. A Conspiracy Theorist's goal is typically not the 
advancement of knowledge, but to shock or impress you with information that 
will demonstrate how intelligent they are, seeing factors that the so-called 
experts failed to note. At the center of those who design such theories is ego, 
as opposed to benefiting others.



  1.  The simplification of complex events to human agency and evil in 
Conspiracy Theories overrides not only their cumulative implausibility (which, 
perversely, becomes cumulative plausibility as you buy into the premise) but 
also, in many cases, their incompatibility. Morality is applied to Conspiracy 
Theories, where there is a right or a wrong.



  1.  Timothy Melley (Empire of Conspiracy [2000]) asserts that Conspiracy 
Thinking arises from a combination of two factors, when someone: a) holds 
strong individualist values and b) lacks a sense of control. The first 
attribute refers to people who care deeply about an individual's right to make 
their own choices and direct their own lives without interference or 
obligations to a larger system (like the government). But combine this with a 
sense of powerlessness in one's own life, and you get what Melley calls agency 
panic, “intense anxiety about an apparent loss of autonomy” to outside forces 
or regulators. Conspiracy Theorists at no point will accept fault but will 
displace responsibility to factors outside of themselves.



  1.  Conspiracy Theorists often 

Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

Maharishi designed my education so you also do not respect him.  He trained me 
in journalism; obviously you lack his training.

Consciousness based is compassion based.

Light of life nourishes, you need to learn how to do that.

Yes, poison is effective, but you will need to be reborn to pay off the karmic 
debt you are encurring by spreading invective.

Avert your danger.



Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 6, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Peter Rousseau rousseau...@gmail.com 
[FairfieldLife]  wrote:


Teresa,

I am not impressed by your degrees. Meaningless really! The only real knowing 
comes from within and not from academic training. If you think the New York 
Times is a reputable news source I am helpless in assisting you to understand 
how wrong you are! Half the country would disagree with you, at least.

The quality of my discerning mind qualifies me to know Truth and falsehood when 
I see it. Isn't that the point of our meditation, to really SEE, and know the 
difference? That is the result of my dedication, discipline and devotion to the 
Ishtadeva! I state this not to gloat but simply to state a fact. That is 
precisely why I have meditated all these years; to acquire this intuitive 
faculty of mind, so I could KNOW!

Best Wishes,

Peter Rousseau 
Meditator 50 years Nov.19, 2020


> On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 12:11 PM Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com 
> [FairfieldLife]  wrote:
>  
> Thank you Dick for this most informative article.  When my husband and I go 
> to Iowa City these days, I can sense sickness in the air.   Before it was not 
> so bad. I think there is only one case so far.
> 
> 
> I read what Peter wrote you.  I do not think he is qualified to comment on 
> the quality of journalism.  NY Times is excellent and engaging and 
> investigative.  The paper has the reputation for ferreting out the truth that 
> remains hidden underneath.  Right now the country needs truth, not conspiracy 
> theories.  
> 
> Please continue to share such stories with the community.  You are a valued 
> source of accurate information.
> 
> Sincerely
> Theresa Olson, ma, ms, mdci, PhD. 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 6, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife] 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> From today’s New York Times
>> <06weekend-briefing-slide-SVYS-articleLarge.jpg>
>> Kathryn Gamble for The New York Times
>> 4. College towns around America are becoming coronavirus hot spots.
>> 
>> About 100 college communities across the country, including Iowa City, 
>> above, have seen an increase in coronavirus cases in recent weeks as 
>> students return for the fall semester. The potential spread of the virus 
>> off-campus has deeply affected workplaces, schools, governments and other 
>> institutions in local communities.
>> 
>> In the U.S., at least 51,000 coronavirus cases and at least 60 deaths from 
>> the virus can be traced to American colleges and universities, a Times 
>> survey found.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 


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Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Peter Rousseau rousseau...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

Teresa,

I am not impressed by your degrees. Meaningless really! The only real
knowing comes from within and not from academic training. If you think the
New York Times is a reputable news source I am helpless in assisting you to
understand how wrong you are! Half the country would disagree with you, at
least.

The quality of my discerning mind qualifies me to know Truth and falsehood
when I see it. Isn't that the point of our meditation, to really SEE, and
know the difference? That is the result of my dedication, discipline and
devotion to the Ishtadeva! I state this not to gloat but simply to state a
fact. That is precisely why I have meditated all these years; to acquire
this intuitive faculty of mind, so I could KNOW!

Best Wishes,

Peter Rousseau
Meditator 50 years Nov.19, 2020


On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 12:11 PM Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com
[FairfieldLife]  wrote:

>
>
> Thank you Dick for this most informative article.  When my husband and I
> go to Iowa City these days, I can sense sickness in the air.   Before it
> was not so bad. I think there is only one case so far.
>
> I read what Peter wrote you.  I do not think he is qualified to comment on
> the quality of journalism.  NY Times is excellent and engaging and
> investigative.  The paper has the reputation for ferreting out the truth
> that remains hidden underneath.  Right now the country needs truth, not
> conspiracy theories.
>
> Please continue to share such stories with the community.  You are a
> valued source of accurate information.
>
> Sincerely
> Theresa Olson, ma, ms, mdci, PhD.
>
>
>
> On Sep 6, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife]
>  wrote:
>
>
>
> From today’s New York Times
> <06weekend-briefing-slide-SVYS-articleLarge.jpg>
> Kathryn Gamble for The New York Times
>
> 4. College towns around America are becoming coronavirus hot spots.
>
> About 100 college communities
> 
>  across
> the country, including Iowa City, above, have seen an increase in
> coronavirus cases in recent weeks as students return for the fall semester.
> The potential spread of the virus off-campus has deeply affected
> workplaces, schools, governments and other institutions in local
> communities.
>
> In the U.S., at least 51,000 coronavirus cases and at least 60 deaths from
> the virus can be traced to American colleges and universities, a Times
> survey found
> 
> .
>
>
>
> 
>


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*Thank You,*





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*Rousseau Medicare Consultants LLC*

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Re: [FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Theresa Olson theresaolson...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

Thank you Dick for this most informative article.  When my husband and I go to 
Iowa City these days, I can sense sickness in the air.   Before it was not so 
bad. I think there is only one case so far.

I read what Peter wrote you.  I do not think he is qualified to comment on the 
quality of journalism.  NY Times is excellent and engaging and investigative.  
The paper has the reputation for ferreting out the truth that remains hidden 
underneath.  Right now the country needs truth, not conspiracy theories.  

Please continue to share such stories with the community.  You are a valued 
source of accurate information.

Sincerely
Theresa Olson, ma, ms, mdci, PhD. 



> On Sep 6, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife] 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> From today’s New York Times
> <06weekend-briefing-slide-SVYS-articleLarge.jpg>
> Kathryn Gamble for The New York Times
> 4. College towns around America are becoming coronavirus hot spots.
> 
> About 100 college communities 
> 
>  across the country, including Iowa City, above, have seen an increase in 
> coronavirus cases in recent weeks as students return for the fall semester. 
> The potential spread of the virus off-campus has deeply affected workplaces, 
> schools, governments and other institutions in local communities.
> 
> In the U.S., at least 51,000 coronavirus cases and at least 60 deaths from 
> the virus can be traced to American colleges and universities, a Times survey 
> found 
> .
> 
> 
> 
> 

[FairfieldLife] New York Times: College towns around America becoming coronavirus hot spots, including Iowa City

[Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife]]

>From today’s New York Times

Kathryn Gamble for The New York Times
4. College towns around America are becoming coronavirus hot spots.

About 100 college communities 

 across the country, including Iowa City, above, have seen an increase in 
coronavirus cases in recent weeks as students return for the fall semester. The 
potential spread of the virus off-campus has deeply affected workplaces, 
schools, governments and other institutions in local communities.

In the U.S., at least 51,000 coronavirus cases and at least 60 deaths from the 
virus can be traced to American colleges and universities, a Times survey found 
.