Sounds like a rakshasa to me! --- On Sun, 8/22/10, sgrayatlarge <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> From: sgrayatlarge <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 10:32 PM > I Imagine the thin skinned Dr. Chopra > will no doubt challenge Prof. Krauss as a low consciousness > no nothing, however Dr. Chopra please consider his CV before > you launch an embassasing attack: > > > Prof. Lawrence M. Krauss is an internationally known > theoretical physicist with wide research interests, > including the interface between elementary particle physics > and cosmology, where his studies include the early universe, > the nature of dark matter, general relativity and neutrino > astrophysics. He has investigated questions ranging from the > nature of exploding stars to issues of the origin of all > mass in the universe. He was born in New York City and moved > shortly thereafter to Toronto, Canada, where he grew up. He > received undergraduate degrees in both Mathematics and > Physics at Carleton University. He received his Ph.D. in > Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology > (1982), then joined the Harvard Society of Fellows > (1982-85). He joined the faculty of the departments of > Physics and Astronomy at Yale University as assistant > professor in 1985, and associate professor in 1988. In 1993 > he was named the Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, > Professor of Astronomy, and Chairman of the department of > Physics at Case Western Reserve University. He served in the > latter position for 12 years, until 2005. During this period > he built up the department, which was ranked among the top > 20 Physics Graduate Research Programs in the country in a > 2005 national ranking. Among the major new initiatives he > spearheaded are included the creation of one of the top > particle astrophysics experimental and theoretical programs > in the US, and the creation of a groundbreaking Masters > Program in Physics Entrepreneurship. In 2002, he was named > Director of the Center for Education and Research in > Cosmology and Astrophysics at Case. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "yifuxero" <yifux...@...> wrote: > > > > p. 36, Scientific American, Sept, 2010 > > > > DEEPAK CHOPRA: > > "I have read numerous pieces by him on why quantum > mechanics provides rationales for everything from the > existence of God to the possibility of changing the > past. Nothing I have ever read, however, suggests he > has enough understanding of quantum mechanics to pass an > undergraduate course I might teach on the subject". > > > > THE SECRET: > > "This best-selling book, which spawned a self-help > industry, seems to be built on part on the claim that > quantum physics implies a "law of attraction" that suggests > good thoughts will make good things happen. It doesn't". > > > > TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION: > > "TMers argue that they can fly by achieving a "lower > quantum-mechanical ground state" and that the more people > who practice TM, the less violent the world will > become. This last idea at least is in accord with > quantum mechanics, to the extent that if everyone on the > planet did nothing but meditate there wouldn't be time for > violence (or acts of kindness, either)." > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com > > >
