On Feb 14, 2009, at 8:06 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: > In TM research there is a prevalence of small, nearly insignificant > results. This is ripe for seeing a pattern when there is none. If > the results were dramatic, then the attention of outside researchers > is attracted and usually the work is either confirmed or debunked. > Like cold fusion. But if your blood pressure drops two points or your > IQ increases 2 points, even if statistically significant, it is hard > to get outside people very interested because it just isn't that > interesting.
Well, the idea and approach of the TM org is to not mention the actual figures or not mention them in a way makes the obviously insignificant result seem small. SO instead of saying "TM reduces blood pressure 0.08 % from normal baseline BP in healthy individuals" they'll instead push something like "TM reduces blood pressure, TM decreases blood pressure, TM is good at reducing blood pressure", etc. and saturate the web and broadcast media as much as they can. In other words, instead of poisoning the well, they sweeten it. People like "sweet" news.
