Hi On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Christopher D. Green wrote:
> Ken Steele wrote: > > Stephen et al.: > > Cha has a letter of reply in the current issue of JRM to the > > criticisms of the study. > > http://www.reproductivemedicine.com/Letters/Letters.htm > Interestingly, it is now only described as being by "Cha and > Wirth," not by Cha, Wirth, and Lobo. The "lead" investigator > is gone entirely. Apart from that, and the fact that the > second author -- the "expert" in intercessory prayer of the > three -- is now in jail, Cha assures us that everything was > fine. :-) Also I find it somewhat disingenuous for researchers to report that they are not advocating for a supernatural phenomenon and mechanism, but they cannot find (conceive?) any way for a natural mechanism to produce the observed effects. Cha apparently cannot conceive, for example, how one of the authors of their study could have falsified the results. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
