Group Meditation Experiments

[Alaskan]

OK, how does this work?

 

[Cyparagon]

OH? Are we gonna start THIS sh:scowl:t again? Okay, here we go.

CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION. IT'S A SIMPLE GODDAMN CONCEPT.

 

[VisibleGreen]

Group meditation? Like what those bald headed guys do in a dojo way up in the mountains?

 

[Alaskan]

LOL, finally got a response from the master now if I can get him to start answering my laser questions again!

Maybe this explains why I have such interests? Here's part of my www.23andme.com results:

 

[clansley]

OH? Are we gonna start THIS sh:scowl:t again? Okay, here we go.
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CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION. IT'S A SIMPLE GODDAMN CONCEPT.

Thanks for the laugh! Wonder if all the stats are real.

 

[andrewb]

This is some epic trolling. Love it.

op: op: op:

 

[Teej]

LOL


The chart didn't actually seem in the described "lockstep" anyway?

The follow up studies, you would think, all used the same world peace statistics...so, they SHOULD have gotten identical results....but they didn't.

IE: If a study tracks "peace" for a given length of time, say a year....

And, "peace" is defined (By the speaker) as an index of bombs dropped, casualties in war, etc...no matter WHAT you plotted it against, it should say the exact same thing.



IE: Lets say there was a little bit of war in that year, a 100 people died, to simplify the stats.

If I plot ANYTHING against that, I should be getting whatever I did, compared to that 100 deaths.


So, I twiddle my thumbs, and, I get that death rate.

I watch TV, I get that death rate.

I read about lasers, and I get that death rate.

I DON'T read about lasers, and I get that death rate.


No matter what, that's the death rate.


So, as no two wars or times of conflict are the same, there is no control or baseline.

It would be perhaps slightly less ludicrous if the meditation started during a period of peace, to ensure no war or "lack of peace" broke out.

If the peace broke down during the meditation, it would show the meditation didn't stop it.

Or

We could consider that thinking about things doesn't change anything except what you think about those things.

Uri Geller, etc, proved you can't use your mind to effect things outside of your mind. Maybe in the future, we can harness the brain's power in some exterior way, perhaps the way an electric eel can channel ITS energy (electrical in that case).

In the meantime, I Plan to read about lasers to promote world peace.

 

[Alaskan]

I don't know if their study is solid or not, that meditating for peace can influence others to have a like state of mind, but this speaker sure seemed convinced of it and claims the study was rock solid. I was wondering what you all thought about it, so posted.

By the way, what the hell is that yellow eyed bird? Most goofy animal I've ever seen!

 

[Cyparagon]

I don't know if their study is solid or not

It's not. It's not peer-evaluated and doesn't propose any mechanism. It's two charts plus confidence. No science here at all.

what the hell is that yellow eyed bird?

That's a potoo

 

[Alaskan]

Wow, it's a real bird. https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...aWQDREZENV8xBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Potoo&fr=yfp-t-901

 

[rhd]

Granted, correlation isn't evidence of causation.

But lack of evidence isn't evidence of lack.

I maintain that internet explorer still could be the cause of murders in the US.

 

[Shakenawake]

Oh geez that bird cuteness level is off the charts

 

[VisibleGreen]

Look up "blue footed booby". It's totally real.

 

[Pi R Squared]

Look up "blue footed booby". It's totally real.

Yes there are in fact several different kinds of "Booby", not just a left and a right Booby. :crackup:

Alan

 

[Alaskan]