[FairfieldLife] Re: Science backfires for Fairfield :-)
Have you ever looked at mindfulness research? Most of it makes TM research look absolutely brilliant in its design and execution. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : While you can never fully trust science, you can pretty much distrust TMO promoted science as a matter of course. TMO promoted science is about 1% reliable based on various reviews of study size, controls, and experimental design. It's the dumbing down effect of religious memes that prevent researchers from thinking more clearly along scientific lines. It is difficult enough to do science properly without also having to get approval from people whose minds work along the lines of metaphysical fantasy. I don't have to do recreational drugs any more, as the doctors have been loading me up on additional pills and injections as I get older and more decrepit (the latter, according to TMO science is a sign my age is reversing) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : You can never fully trust science. Take this study, for example. If Fairfield, IA's claimed reputation as an early-to-bed, fairly drug-free, and fairly non-promiscuous small town is true, all that really means is that its population isn't very intelligent. :-) Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More Drugs, And Have More Sex http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More ... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ By Steven Bancarz| What is the mark of an intelligent mind in our day and age? When we think of intelligent people, we may have been conditioned to envision them ... View on www.spiritscience... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Preview by Yahoo
[FairfieldLife] Re: Science backfires for Fairfield :-)
There are two main problems with scientific studies of meditation: 1) a scientific definition of meditation and 2) exclude the randomized placebo effect with controlled trials. Most scientific studies on the subject are not double-blind studies. According to Harris, there is no substitute for time spent engaging these practices on retreat. Sam Harris http://www.samharris.org/blog/category/meditation http://www.samharris.org/blog/category/meditation Sam Harris http://www.samharris.org/blog/category/meditation Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, and The Moral Landscape. View on www.samharris.org http://www.samharris.org/blog/category/meditation Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Have you ever looked at mindfulness research? Most of it makes TM research look absolutely brilliant in its design and execution. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : While you can never fully trust science, you can pretty much distrust TMO promoted science as a matter of course. TMO promoted science is about 1% reliable based on various reviews of study size, controls, and experimental design. It's the dumbing down effect of religious memes that prevent researchers from thinking more clearly along scientific lines. It is difficult enough to do science properly without also having to get approval from people whose minds work along the lines of metaphysical fantasy. I don't have to do recreational drugs any more, as the doctors have been loading me up on additional pills and injections as I get older and more decrepit (the latter, according to TMO science is a sign my age is reversing) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : You can never fully trust science. Take this study, for example. If Fairfield, IA's claimed reputation as an early-to-bed, fairly drug-free, and fairly non-promiscuous small town is true, all that really means is that its population isn't very intelligent. :-) Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More Drugs, And Have More Sex http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More ... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ By Steven Bancarz| What is the mark of an intelligent mind in our day and age? When we think of intelligent people, we may have been conditioned to envision them ... View on www.spiritscience... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Preview by Yahoo
[FairfieldLife] Re: Science backfires for Fairfield :-)
While you can never fully trust science, you can pretty much distrust TMO promoted science as a matter of course. TMO promoted science is about 1% reliable based on various reviews of study size, controls, and experimental design. It's the dumbing down effect of religious memes that prevent researchers from thinking more clearly along scientific lines. It is difficult enough to do science properly without also having to get approval from people whose minds work along the lines of metaphysical fantasy. I don't have to do recreational drugs any more, as the doctors have been loading me up on additional pills and injections as I get older and more decrepit (the latter, according to TMO science is a sign my age is reversing) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : You can never fully trust science. Take this study, for example. If Fairfield, IA's claimed reputation as an early-to-bed, fairly drug-free, and fairly non-promiscuous small town is true, all that really means is that its population isn't very intelligent. :-) Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More Drugs, And Have More Sex http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More ... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ By Steven Bancarz| What is the mark of an intelligent mind in our day and age? When we think of intelligent people, we may have been conditioned to envision them ... View on www.spiritscience... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Science backfires for Fairfield :-)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : As much as I may agree with you about the trustworthiness of TM science, my science-writing gig the last couple of years has given me a similar distrust. Not of science per se, but certainly of science journalism, how science is reported in the general press. I've been grinding my teeth all day about this subject, there is a vote in Parliament today about 3 parent babies this is a misleading term invented and used solely by the press that distracts and confuses an important issue for any casual observers. The vote is about permitting a new type of IVF procedure that replaces the mitochondrial DNA in cells so that people don't have children with highly unpleasant and fatal genetic conditions - and those diseases are removed from that families gene line forever. If it gets approved the UK will be the first country to permit it. The way people talk about it anyone would think they were creating Frankenstein babies with three parents but the germ line DNA from mother and father remains remains untouched. Mitochondria simply provides the energy for the actual embryonic and replacement processes to take place. The media could easily explain it better, but as it is they stick with emotive language instead of clarifying it. You have to delve inside the broadsheets for that. I hope Parliament are being better informed than the average newspaper reader. Amongst the many debates, one objection you hear all the time is that scientists are playing god. I reckon that if god had done a decent job in the first place they wouldn't have to. But no one has used that line on the BBC news yet... It's caused me to realize that the speed with which one clicks on the science article headline is probably related to the article's veracity. The more that the headline is click-bait and you just couldn't wait to read it, the less likely it is that the science is true. :-) From: anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com While you can never fully trust science, you can pretty much distrust TMO promoted science as a matter of course. TMO promoted science is about 1% reliable based on various reviews of study size, controls, and experimental design. It's the dumbing down effect of religious memes that prevent researchers from thinking more clearly along scientific lines. It is difficult enough to do science properly without also having to get approval from people whose minds work along the lines of metaphysical fantasy. I don't have to do recreational drugs any more, as the doctors have been loading me up on additional pills and injections as I get older and more decrepit (the latter, according to TMO science is a sign my age is reversing) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : You can never fully trust science. Take this study, for example. If Fairfield, IA's claimed reputation as an early-to-bed, fairly drug-free, and fairly non-promiscuous small town is true, all that really means is that its population isn't very intelligent. :-) Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More Drugs, And Have More Sex http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More ... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ By Steven Bancarz| What is the mark of an intelligent mind in our day and age? When we think of intelligent people, we may have been conditioned to envision them ... View on www.spiritscience... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Science backfires for Fairfield :-)
As much as I may agree with you about the trustworthiness of TM science, my
science-writing gig the last couple of years has given me a similar distrust.
Not of science per se, but certainly of science journalism, how science is
reported in the general press.
It's caused me to realize that the speed with which one clicks on the science
article headline is probably related to the article's veracity. The more that
the headline is click-bait and you just couldn't wait to read it, the less
likely it is that the science is true. :-)
From: anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
While you can never fully trust science, you can pretty much distrust TMO
promoted science as a matter of course. TMO promoted science is about 1%
reliable based on various reviews of study size, controls, and experimental
design. It's the dumbing down effect of religious memes that prevent
researchers from thinking more clearly along scientific lines. It is difficult
enough to do science properly without also having to get approval from people
whose minds work along the lines of metaphysical fantasy.
I don't have to do recreational drugs any more, as the doctors have been
loading me up on additional pills and injections as I get older and more
decrepit (the latter, according to TMO science is a sign my age is reversing)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
You can never fully trust science. Take this study, for example. If Fairfield,
IA's claimed reputation as an early-to-bed, fairly drug-free, and fairly
non-promiscuous small town is true, all that really means is that its
population isn't very intelligent. :-)
Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More Drugs, And Have More Sex
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Science backfires for Fairfield :-)
I certainly agree about that. I always try to find the original paper if I can, or at least the abstract, so I can evaluate how much the writer is glossing over or whether they are giving it a particular slant, or exaggerating what was found. That is in addition to lower level scientists who are simply trying to pad their careers a bit by submitting short, insubstantial reports. I have a scientist friend who edits papers, and he sometimes sends me little snippets of hilariously opaque, indecipherable text that some scientists produce in the biological sciences. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : As much as I may agree with you about the trustworthiness of TM science, my science-writing gig the last couple of years has given me a similar distrust. Not of science per se, but certainly of science journalism, how science is reported in the general press. It's caused me to realize that the speed with which one clicks on the science article headline is probably related to the article's veracity. The more that the headline is click-bait and you just couldn't wait to read it, the less likely it is that the science is true. :-) From: anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com While you can never fully trust science, you can pretty much distrust TMO promoted science as a matter of course. TMO promoted science is about 1% reliable based on various reviews of study size, controls, and experimental design. It's the dumbing down effect of religious memes that prevent researchers from thinking more clearly along scientific lines. It is difficult enough to do science properly without also having to get approval from people whose minds work along the lines of metaphysical fantasy. I don't have to do recreational drugs any more, as the doctors have been loading me up on additional pills and injections as I get older and more decrepit (the latter, according to TMO science is a sign my age is reversing) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : You can never fully trust science. Take this study, for example. If Fairfield, IA's claimed reputation as an early-to-bed, fairly drug-free, and fairly non-promiscuous small town is true, all that really means is that its population isn't very intelligent. :-) Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More Drugs, And Have More Sex http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Research Shows Intelligent People Stay Up Late, Do More ... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ By Steven Bancarz| What is the mark of an intelligent mind in our day and age? When we think of intelligent people, we may have been conditioned to envision them ... View on www.spiritscience... http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/research-shows-intelligent-people-stay-up-late-do-more-drugs-and-have-more-sex/ Preview by Yahoo
