--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Thanks for your thoughts on this, Buck. And thanks > also for not making it an exercise in "demonize the > source of the question while never dealing with the > question."
Quick fact check: Barry's referring to me, since I was the only person to have commented other than Buck. The "demonization" he's referring to: I (accurately) suggested he was indulging in "confirmation bias" and "cherry-picking." How many times has Barry accused others, TMers in particular, of these two sins? As to "never dealing with the question"--au contraire, I addressed Barry's main basis for his "theory" that the TMO doesn't want to test the ME: that MMY himself purportedly didn't believe in it. So an instance of hypocrisy, and then a lie. > The bottom line is the same now as it's always been. > If there were a *real* desire to "make the numbers," > and thus put the concept of the Maharishi Effect to > the test, it could be done at any time. The TMO has, > and has always had, more than enough money to do this. > > That they do not speaks loudly to another "bottom line," > which is that no one really wants the ME ever put to > the test. The issue here: Are there other possible "bottom lines" that Barry isn't considering, or is this the only one? Barry apparently didn't bother to read Hagelin's latest, posted here a few days ago, which announced a new influx of pundits. Which pretty much demolishes Barry's notion that the TMO is trying to sabotage the dome numbers.