They'd have to be statistical, but statistics for > what? The ME studies used statistics on effects for > very large populations--crime rate, international > hostilities, and so on--whereas the purported effects > of Vastu and Yagyas and Jyotish are on individuals.
Yeah I agree. Plus there is no need to market this product with this approach. It is the wrong pitch for the group with the money to spend on it and the desire. Come to think of it, have there been studies on > Feng Shui? You said in another post the Hong > Kong housing market is heavily influenced by > Feng Shui. Is that just because it's a cultural > tradition, or is there some evidence that it > works? I have never heard of any, but I seriously doubt it. It is based on a whole system of graft with the Feng Shui masters. They run on a "better pay the Feng Shui master or he will say your building is cursed" blackmail system from what I have read. No one is seriously interested in Western science's opinion. The tradition goes back so far. But it is interesting that it has perpetuated itself till today. Oh, I dunno, if it were possible to do convincing > scientific studies you might get some in the general > public to give yagyas a shot. I don't know how successful the 1% research was for the public. I suspect the yagya research would be similar. You would have to believe in the general principle I think, even to be interested enough to get into the research. Even diet research seems to have trouble convincing the public of anything, and that is so much more concrete. I wondered how far scientific language marketing approach went, if the new stuff was being marketed the same way. I don't suspect that the science angle on this new stuff is important for most sidhas. It wasn't ultimately very important for my practice after the first few years. It had a big influence on me starting though. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Thanks. I was thinking they might try because the sociological > > studies on the 1% effect use metodologies that might be used. It > > seems like an area for statistical analysis. > > They'd have to be statistical, but statistics for > what? The ME studies used statistics on effects for > very large populations--crime rate, international > hostilities, and so on--whereas the purported effects > of Vastu and Yagyas and Jyotish are on individuals. > > I think they'd have to be done more along the lines > of the standard studies on the effects of TM--better > relationships, greater creativity, less anxiety, etc. > etc.--but again, the great number of potential variables > is a problem. Even the independent variable (I think > it's called--i.e., the "technique" itself) varies. > Everybody does TM the same way, but every Vastu home > is different, for example. > > > I guess by the time someone is > > buying a yagya that kind of proof is not relevant, and the general > > public wont get into it without TM anyway. So who would care about > > studies? I may be the only one! > > Oh, I dunno, if it were possible to do convincing > scientific studies you might get some in the general > public to give yagyas a shot. > > Come to think of it, have there been studies on > Feng Shui? You said in another post the Hong > Kong housing market is heavily influenced by > Feng Shui. Is that just because it's a cultural > tradition, or is there some evidence that it > works? > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
