That's very interesting. Sounds like a book worth reading. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 2:01 PM Subject: Re: CS>Unsupported denials & claims-Placebo effect
> Cleve Backseter, in the early 70's discovered that plants react to thought when > he was a polygraph expert with the FBI. Published a book by the name of "The > Secret Life of Plants". Proved that even double blind studies can be flawed > because even simple plants would react to events in the other room, even if the > experimenters did not know what was going on in the other room, and would react > to the experimenters thoughts. > > Marshall > > Barbara Liles wrote: > > > What is the Backster effect? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:12 PM > > Subject: Re: CS>Unsupported denials & claims-Placebo effect > > > > > I think that the Backster effect shows that even in lab surroundings, you > > really > > > can't be sure. Since it can occur with plants, it might with animals as > > well. > > > > > > Marshall > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > On a non-related note, I've been seeing the idea float around that the > > > > > placebo effect does not apply with animals. This is markedly > > untrue...in a > > > > > > > > > > laboratory setting it is likely true that the placebo effect > > > > > will not manifest in animals, but in a home setting it very well > > could. > > > > > > > > > (Digest V102 #508) > > > > Now THERE'S theoretical proof; markedly to likely to could. > > > > jr > > > > > > > > -- > > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > > > > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > > >
