--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@> wrote: > > > > > > This was a fact. The crime rate did drop by 18%. However, the rate that > > dropped by 18% was not the number of crimes actually committed � in fact, > > during the experiment, Washington's weekly murder count hit the highest > > level ever recorded. The 18% drop was from Hagelin's computer prediction of > > what would have happened had his meditators not been meditating and > > levitating. > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/oct/08/meditation-crime-prevention-research > > > > The murder rate doubled one week. There was a gang war that weekend. The next > week it went down to 50% below the average. The murder rate for the study > period was essentially unchanged. However, the crime rate of other violent > crimes did drop during the period, both as an absolute rate (2-3 percent), > and as a rate adjusted for by including predicted crime rate based on > temperature (18%). > > L
So, judging by the amount of new meditators, sidhas and pundits reported by the TMO and DLF we should be seeing world peace real soon. Phew....