--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I would say that the same phenomenon would be present > > in research on any technique of meditation in which > > the meditators were devoted practitioners of the > > technique being "researched." They already know what > > they're hoping to find, and thus they "find" it. > > That should have been: > > ...in which the *researchers* were devoted practitioners... > > I just don't understand why anyone would take "research" > seriously that is undertaken by someone who obviously > wants that research to turn out a certain way. Too much > of the TM "research" is sadly in the same category as > studies on smoking paid for by the tobacco industry. >
The TM researchers I know are a bit more skeptical than you seem to think. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/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/
