--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > My contention, and my reason for posting this little > > > test, is that I believe Jyotish *depends* on people > > > having a bias *for* it. > > > > > > My contention is that if that bias were not present, > > > its customers would not view the predictions they > > > receive as being as accurate as they think they are > > > with that bias in place. > > > > This reminds me of Chopra when he declined double blind research > > on one or another supplement because he said the effects in part > > depended on the "education" of the person getting the treatment. > > The thing is, Ruth, my guess is that Chopra really > *believed* this. I don't see him as a charlatan, or > at least not a conscious one. > > Neither do I see JohnR as a charlatan. I see him as > someone who truly, honestly believes that Jyotish is > accurate and valid. > > But whether they believe it or not is not the question. > The question is, "Does it work?" > > I have provided a mechanism by which we on this forum > can test whether it works or not. Given my understanding > of Jyotish, it should be possible to assess my friend's > medical condition from the chart. Another Jyotish prac- > titioner *predicted* this condition from the same chart > long before it appeared. > > So can a second Jyotish practitioner do the same thing? > > Seems like a valid test to me. >
I agree that JohnR seems sincere. I'm not so sure about Chopra. Who I understand does still in fact hold a medical license but doesn't claim to practice. Go figure. Anyway, I am drifting. You claim to have seen people levitate. You are probably more open to a Joytish claim than most other people here. :)
