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		<title>By: Hypnosisstories</title>
		<link>http://whalertly.com/wordpress/2009/10/25/swine-flu-is-meditation-the-best-medication/#comment-8576</link>
		<dc:creator>Hypnosisstories</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The idea that the Uncertainty Principle is caused by disturbance (and hence by observation) is not considered to be valid by some, although it was extant in the early years of quantum mechanics, and is often repeated in popular treatments.

Mike
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idea that the Uncertainty Principle is caused by disturbance (and hence by observation) is not considered to be valid by some, although it was extant in the early years of quantum mechanics, and is often repeated in popular treatments.</p>
<p>Mike<br />
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		<title>By: Robert M. Barga</title>
		<link>http://whalertly.com/wordpress/2009/10/25/swine-flu-is-meditation-the-best-medication/#comment-8393</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Barga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>for which statement?
NO, i have no issue with you commenting, it just seems that i know you somehow. What, with the name, your statements, and general demeanor</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>for which statement?<br />
NO, i have no issue with you commenting, it just seems that i know you somehow. What, with the name, your statements, and general demeanor</p>
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		<title>By: cekim1</title>
		<link>http://whalertly.com/wordpress/2009/10/25/swine-flu-is-meditation-the-best-medication/#comment-8361</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m going to need to see legitimate double-blind studies to back up your statements.

Why do you have a public blog if someone needs to know you to be able to comment here? You knowing me personally, or not, doesn&#039;t affect any part of this discussion.  

If you&#039;re concerned about blatant observations being made about your comments, you should post less.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m going to need to see legitimate double-blind studies to back up your statements.</p>
<p>Why do you have a public blog if someone needs to know you to be able to comment here? You knowing me personally, or not, doesn&#8217;t affect any part of this discussion.  </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re concerned about blatant observations being made about your comments, you should post less.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert M. Barga</title>
		<link>http://whalertly.com/wordpress/2009/10/25/swine-flu-is-meditation-the-best-medication/#comment-8358</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Barga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>do I know you?

1) My advertisers have no qualm with my site. If they did, they wouldn&#039;t be my advertisers
2) The alternatives are not reasonable though. If you were talking about, say, a massage vs. medicine for a headache or migrain then cool, otherwise no</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>do I know you?</p>
<p>1) My advertisers have no qualm with my site. If they did, they wouldn&#8217;t be my advertisers<br />
2) The alternatives are not reasonable though. If you were talking about, say, a massage vs. medicine for a headache or migrain then cool, otherwise no</p>
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		<title>By: cekim1</title>
		<link>http://whalertly.com/wordpress/2009/10/25/swine-flu-is-meditation-the-best-medication/#comment-8352</link>
		<dc:creator>cekim1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s completely relevant in reinforcing your bias.  

After all, a holistic article couldn&#039;t bring in the type of attention you&#039;re advertisers would typically be interested in, right? 

The idea here as that reasonable people should be able have a discussion about alternatives.

Surely, you must be able to look back at a majority of Anders posts, and feel some kind of shame at the pissing contest they all become.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s completely relevant in reinforcing your bias.  </p>
<p>After all, a holistic article couldn&#8217;t bring in the type of attention you&#8217;re advertisers would typically be interested in, right? </p>
<p>The idea here as that reasonable people should be able have a discussion about alternatives.</p>
<p>Surely, you must be able to look back at a majority of Anders posts, and feel some kind of shame at the pissing contest they all become.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderxander</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderxander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is also frequently confused with the &quot;observer effect&quot;. The uncertainty principle actually describes how precisely we may measure the position and momentum of a particle at the same time — if we increase the precision in measuring one quantity, we are forced to lose precision in measuring the other. Thus, the uncertainty principle deals with measurement, and not observation. The idea that the Uncertainty Principle is caused by disturbance (and hence by observation) is not considered to be valid by some, although it was extant in the early years of quantum mechanics, and is often repeated in popular treatments.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is also frequently confused with the &#8220;observer effect&#8221;. The uncertainty principle actually describes how precisely we may measure the position and momentum of a particle at the same time — if we increase the precision in measuring one quantity, we are forced to lose precision in measuring the other. Thus, the uncertainty principle deals with measurement, and not observation. The idea that the Uncertainty Principle is caused by disturbance (and hence by observation) is not considered to be valid by some, although it was extant in the early years of quantum mechanics, and is often repeated in popular treatments.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderxander</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderxander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>to finish that comment

You visualize where you want to be before you it becomes true. If you focus on something hard enough you will make it a reality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to finish that comment</p>
<p>You visualize where you want to be before you it becomes true. If you focus on something hard enough you will make it a reality.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderxander</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderxander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You will say whatever you have to say to make yourself right. Get off your little soap and have a discussion you asshole. 

David Albert was the only one from the film who criticized it saying he is &quot;profoundly unsympathetic to attempts at linking quantum mechanics with consciousness.&quot; Which is his opinion and limitation to the possibilities of his experience. And is perfectly okay for him to clarify his position. The movie does sensationalize science but is there to encourage thinking outside of the current convention of thinking. 

I think asserting there is no connection between our conscious and our physical reality is absurd. You 

William A. Tiller, Ph.D. is professor emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University.

Amit Goswami is a theoretical nuclear physicist and member of The University of Oregon Institute for Theoretical Physics since 1968, teaching physics for 32 years.

John Hagelin (born June 9, 1954) is an American scientist who was a researcher at the European Center for Particle Physics (CERN) and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC),[1] is an educator and author, and has been the Natural Law Party candidate for President of the United States three times. Hagelin is Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy at Maharishi University of Management, Executive Director of the International Center for Invincible Defense, President of the US Peace Government, Raja of Invincible America,[2][3] and executive director of Global Financial Capital.[4]

Fred Alan Wolf (born December 3, 1934) is a theoretical physicist and writer on the subjects of quantum physics, consciousness, and their relationship.

David Z Albert, Ph.D., is Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy and Director of the M.A. Program in The Philosophical Foundations of Physics at Columbia University in New York. He received his B.S. in physics from Columbia College (1976) and his doctorate in theoretical physics from The Rockefeller University (1981) under Professor Nicola Khuri.[1] Afterwards he worked with Professor Yakir Aharonov of Tel Aviv University.

Stuart Hameroff (Born in July 16, 1947, Buffalo, New York) is an anesthesiologist and professor at the University of Arizona known for his promotion of the scientific study of consciousness, and his theories of the mechanisms of consciousness.

Jeffrey Burke Satinover (Sept 4, 1947) is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and physicist. He is well-known for books on a number of controversial topics in physics and neuroscience, and on religion, but especially for his writing and public-policy efforts relating to homosexuality, same-sex marriage and the ex-gay movement.

Andrew Newberg, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Radiology and Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been a prominent researcher in the field of nuclear medicine brain imaging. In particular, his research has focused on the development of neurotransmitter tracers for the evaluation of religiosity as well as neurological and psychiatric disorders including clinical depression, head injury, Alzheimer&#039;s disease, and Parkinson&#039;s disease.

Candace Beebe Pert (born June 26, 1946) is an American neuroscientist and pharmacologist who discovered the opiate receptor, the cellular binding site for endorphins in the brain. In 1974 she earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she worked in the laboratory of Solomon Snyder. Previously, she had completed her undergraduate studies in biology, cum laude, in 1970, from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Pert conducted a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Department of Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1974-1975. She conducted research at the National Institute of Mental Health from 1975 to 1987. Pert is the author of Molecules of Emotion. She appeared as one of the experts in Bill Moyers 1993 PBS video production, &quot;Healing and the Mind&quot;.

Dr. Daniel Monti M.D. received his Doctor of Medicine, summa cum laude, from The State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1992. His Postdoctoral work was in the Research Scholars Program, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA. He is currently Chief of Complementary Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College and Director of the Mind-Body Medicine for the Myrna Brind Jefferson Center for Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University.

Joe Dispenza, studied biochemistry at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. He has a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in Neuroscience from Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. Dr. Dispenza also received his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree at Life University in Atlanta, Georgia, graduating magna cum laude.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You will say whatever you have to say to make yourself right. Get off your little soap and have a discussion you asshole. </p>
<p>David Albert was the only one from the film who criticized it saying he is &#8220;profoundly unsympathetic to attempts at linking quantum mechanics with consciousness.&#8221; Which is his opinion and limitation to the possibilities of his experience. And is perfectly okay for him to clarify his position. The movie does sensationalize science but is there to encourage thinking outside of the current convention of thinking. </p>
<p>I think asserting there is no connection between our conscious and our physical reality is absurd. You </p>
<p>William A. Tiller, Ph.D. is professor emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University.</p>
<p>Amit Goswami is a theoretical nuclear physicist and member of The University of Oregon Institute for Theoretical Physics since 1968, teaching physics for 32 years.</p>
<p>John Hagelin (born June 9, 1954) is an American scientist who was a researcher at the European Center for Particle Physics (CERN) and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC),[1] is an educator and author, and has been the Natural Law Party candidate for President of the United States three times. Hagelin is Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy at Maharishi University of Management, Executive Director of the International Center for Invincible Defense, President of the US Peace Government, Raja of Invincible America,[2][3] and executive director of Global Financial Capital.[4]</p>
<p>Fred Alan Wolf (born December 3, 1934) is a theoretical physicist and writer on the subjects of quantum physics, consciousness, and their relationship.</p>
<p>David Z Albert, Ph.D., is Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy and Director of the M.A. Program in The Philosophical Foundations of Physics at Columbia University in New York. He received his B.S. in physics from Columbia College (1976) and his doctorate in theoretical physics from The Rockefeller University (1981) under Professor Nicola Khuri.[1] Afterwards he worked with Professor Yakir Aharonov of Tel Aviv University.</p>
<p>Stuart Hameroff (Born in July 16, 1947, Buffalo, New York) is an anesthesiologist and professor at the University of Arizona known for his promotion of the scientific study of consciousness, and his theories of the mechanisms of consciousness.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Burke Satinover (Sept 4, 1947) is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and physicist. He is well-known for books on a number of controversial topics in physics and neuroscience, and on religion, but especially for his writing and public-policy efforts relating to homosexuality, same-sex marriage and the ex-gay movement.</p>
<p>Andrew Newberg, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Radiology and Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been a prominent researcher in the field of nuclear medicine brain imaging. In particular, his research has focused on the development of neurotransmitter tracers for the evaluation of religiosity as well as neurological and psychiatric disorders including clinical depression, head injury, Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, and Parkinson&#8217;s disease.</p>
<p>Candace Beebe Pert (born June 26, 1946) is an American neuroscientist and pharmacologist who discovered the opiate receptor, the cellular binding site for endorphins in the brain. In 1974 she earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she worked in the laboratory of Solomon Snyder. Previously, she had completed her undergraduate studies in biology, cum laude, in 1970, from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Pert conducted a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Department of Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1974-1975. She conducted research at the National Institute of Mental Health from 1975 to 1987. Pert is the author of Molecules of Emotion. She appeared as one of the experts in Bill Moyers 1993 PBS video production, &#8220;Healing and the Mind&#8221;.</p>
<p>Dr. Daniel Monti M.D. received his Doctor of Medicine, summa cum laude, from The State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1992. His Postdoctoral work was in the Research Scholars Program, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA. He is currently Chief of Complementary Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College and Director of the Mind-Body Medicine for the Myrna Brind Jefferson Center for Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University.</p>
<p>Joe Dispenza, studied biochemistry at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. He has a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in Neuroscience from Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. Dr. Dispenza also received his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree at Life University in Atlanta, Georgia, graduating magna cum laude.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert M. Barga</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert M. Barga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1) no, they were actually sources of my quotes. Quotes need not be scientific
2) Actually, most of the people quoted were not doctors, and most theoretical quantum engeneers (get the right term) who were quoted claimed that it was taken out of context. In fact, they made an article together countering the movie.
3) source of this please. Also, seeing that each sound i hear is made up of over 2000 inputs, i am sure i can process more</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1) no, they were actually sources of my quotes. Quotes need not be scientific<br />
2) Actually, most of the people quoted were not doctors, and most theoretical quantum engeneers (get the right term) who were quoted claimed that it was taken out of context. In fact, they made an article together countering the movie.<br />
3) source of this please. Also, seeing that each sound i hear is made up of over 2000 inputs, i am sure i can process more</p>
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		<title>By: Robert M. Barga</title>
		<link>http://whalertly.com/wordpress/2009/10/25/swine-flu-is-meditation-the-best-medication/#comment-8342</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Barga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>none of them were meant to be, as the scientific ones are protected for subscribers. However, they do mention, or quote, the problems with the study itself.
The scientists who have been researching it for decades have, without a doubt, ruled that there is no evidence that prayer, meditation, or anything of that sort results in improvements</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>none of them were meant to be, as the scientific ones are protected for subscribers. However, they do mention, or quote, the problems with the study itself.<br />
The scientists who have been researching it for decades have, without a doubt, ruled that there is no evidence that prayer, meditation, or anything of that sort results in improvements</p>
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		<title>By: Robert M. Barga</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert M. Barga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oh, i agree that they cause all sort of shit, i am just saying that they are not a magic bullet, more a magic clip (alex, keep this in mind, i dont trust pills that much)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oh, i agree that they cause all sort of shit, i am just saying that they are not a magic bullet, more a magic clip (alex, keep this in mind, i dont trust pills that much)</p>
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		<title>By: Ameira</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ameira</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1.  the christian research institute is a credible scientific source?? some abc blog?  these are your facts?

2. theoretical physicists dedicating their life to quantum research &gt; your opinion of what the bleep.     

3. the brain receives over 2 million inputs a second and we have the conscious ability to process 2,000.  Because you choose to see limitations does not mean the other possibilities don&#039;t exist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.  the christian research institute is a credible scientific source?? some abc blog?  these are your facts?</p>
<p>2. theoretical physicists dedicating their life to quantum research &gt; your opinion of what the bleep.     </p>
<p>3. the brain receives over 2 million inputs a second and we have the conscious ability to process 2,000.  Because you choose to see limitations does not mean the other possibilities don&#8217;t exist.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderxander</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderxander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Christian Research Institute?!

ABC??? 

I am going to go with the scientists who have been researching this for decades.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Christian Research Institute?!</p>
<p>ABC??? </p>
<p>I am going to go with the scientists who have been researching this for decades.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderxander</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderxander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>neither of those articles are scientific.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>neither of those articles are scientific.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderxander</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderxander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>more like thousands of problems. you must never read all those warning labels, studies, or hear the list of side effects on all those commercials.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>more like thousands of problems. you must never read all those warning labels, studies, or hear the list of side effects on all those commercials.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert M. Barga</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert M. Barga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1) not scientific
2) not double blind
3) not repeatable (or not done with similar results)
4) not even single blind (wow)
5) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/06-04-05&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; see why prayer doesn&#039;t work&lt;/a&gt;
6) Don&#039;t ever get me started on &quot;what the bleep&quot;

7) &quot;When asked about the study, however, a Washington, D.C., area government crime analyst stated: “We’ve heard of this experiment repeatedly. We have no idea how [the conference leaders] could arrive at their conclusions.” In fact, government statistics show that 1993 was the most violent year in the Washington, D.C., area in the past 20 years.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.equip.org/articles/what-the-bleep-do-we-know-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)

8) &quot;You might think that meant there were 18% fewer violent crimes than in the previous year, but the decrease was actually relative to his predicted increase based on some fancy statistical footwork. Regular indicators of violent crime told a different story - the number of murders actually went up.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/bleep/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)




in other words, try again</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1) not scientific<br />
2) not double blind<br />
3) not repeatable (or not done with similar results)<br />
4) not even single blind (wow)<br />
5) <a href="http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/06-04-05" rel="nofollow"> see why prayer doesn&#8217;t work</a><br />
6) Don&#8217;t ever get me started on &#8220;what the bleep&#8221;</p>
<p>7) &#8220;When asked about the study, however, a Washington, D.C., area government crime analyst stated: “We’ve heard of this experiment repeatedly. We have no idea how [the conference leaders] could arrive at their conclusions.” In fact, government statistics show that 1993 was the most violent year in the Washington, D.C., area in the past 20 years.&#8221; (<a href="http://www.equip.org/articles/what-the-bleep-do-we-know-" rel="nofollow">source</a>)</p>
<p> <img src='http://whalertly.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> &#8220;You might think that meant there were 18% fewer violent crimes than in the previous year, but the decrease was actually relative to his predicted increase based on some fancy statistical footwork. Regular indicators of violent crime told a different story &#8211; the number of murders actually went up.&#8221; (<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/bleep/" rel="nofollow">source</a>)</p>
<p>in other words, try again</p>
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		<title>By: Robert M. Barga</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert M. Barga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay, the title is misleading because it implies that the article is about how meditation will solve, or assist strongly, in handling swine flu. That is not what the article says.

I know that there is not one solution to most things, but one pill has thousands of solutions in it</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, the title is misleading because it implies that the article is about how meditation will solve, or assist strongly, in handling swine flu. That is not what the article says.</p>
<p>I know that there is not one solution to most things, but one pill has thousands of solutions in it</p>
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		<title>By: Robert M. Barga</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert M. Barga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The big ten is going fine, though that is irrelevant at the moment.

I have no preemptive bias against an article, and i have nothing to purposely discredit the article itself, rather the fundamental reasoning of it. If i were utalizing childish tactics, I would probably just delete it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The big ten is going fine, though that is irrelevant at the moment.</p>
<p>I have no preemptive bias against an article, and i have nothing to purposely discredit the article itself, rather the fundamental reasoning of it. If i were utalizing childish tactics, I would probably just delete it.</p>
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		<title>By: Ameira</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ameira</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Check out this study...
http://istpp.org/crime_prevention/

&quot;Based on the results of the study, the steady state gain (long-term effect) associated with a permanent group of 4,000 participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs was calculated as a 48% reduction in HRA crimes in the District of Columbia.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out this study&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://istpp.org/crime_prevention/" rel="nofollow">http://istpp.org/crime_prevention/</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Based on the results of the study, the steady state gain (long-term effect) associated with a permanent group of 4,000 participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs was calculated as a 48% reduction in HRA crimes in the District of Columbia.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Anderxander</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderxander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok, do you have something to back that up with? don&#039;t call something misleading without providing any explanation or substantiation.

If you read the article, you should have picked up on &quot;I am not aware of any scientific studies&quot;

and you should have also picked up on the fact that the whole idea of the alternative medicines is that there is no sole reason for a persons better health, which is what western medicine argues. There is no magic bullet that is going to make you happy and healthy. It takes a balanced diet, incorporating the alternatives into your lifestyle that lead to better overall health. It&#039;s about prevention.

Our agricultural production and distribution system has had plenty of studies done showing how the industrial practices of food production are horrible for your body. The studies on dehydration from soda and increases your risk of diabetes. on and on and on. 

Most people who use these alternatives also see a doctor to get a diagnosis before using them. 

http://hinduism.about.com/cs/meditationyoga/a/aa110403a.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, do you have something to back that up with? don&#8217;t call something misleading without providing any explanation or substantiation.</p>
<p>If you read the article, you should have picked up on &#8220;I am not aware of any scientific studies&#8221;</p>
<p>and you should have also picked up on the fact that the whole idea of the alternative medicines is that there is no sole reason for a persons better health, which is what western medicine argues. There is no magic bullet that is going to make you happy and healthy. It takes a balanced diet, incorporating the alternatives into your lifestyle that lead to better overall health. It&#8217;s about prevention.</p>
<p>Our agricultural production and distribution system has had plenty of studies done showing how the industrial practices of food production are horrible for your body. The studies on dehydration from soda and increases your risk of diabetes. on and on and on. </p>
<p>Most people who use these alternatives also see a doctor to get a diagnosis before using them. </p>
<p><a href="http://hinduism.about.com/cs/meditationyoga/a/aa110403a.htm" rel="nofollow">http://hinduism.about.com/cs/meditationyoga/a/aa110403a.htm</a></p>
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