aside and move on) I will somewhat support him on this one. If
something cannot pass a double-blind test, it is probably bogus.
However I will agree with Guru K that maybe we should all do our own
double-blind tests to get a wider "testbed" of information.
--- In cancercured@yahoogroups.com, "Guru K" <greatyoga@...> wrote:
>
> Vincent
>
> Even by your own admission, one double blinded test is not
reliable.
> If I take a one person poll and one person says they are for
McCain,
> does that mean McCain will win? I agree that muscle testing should
> be tested more but does that make it invalid? It seems that your
> own conclusions are buried in bias. I think people should be open
> to the possibility until proved otherwise. I have seen very good
> results from muscle testing.
>
> GB
> --- In cancercured@yahoogroups.com, VGammill <vgammill@> wrote:
> >
> > I could never understand the fascination with muscle testing. It
> > seems so popular with holistic practitioners that I took a course
> in
> > it from Bradley Nelson, D.C. who is lauded as an expert. During
> the
> > course I witnessed muscle testing being used by proxy to assess
> the
> > health of people miles away. A woman with unexplained pains was
> > diagnosed with nephroptosis and the chiropractor manipulated her
> > kidneys (or so it was claimed) back to their correct perches.
> >
> > I inescapably concluded that muscle testing is a shared fantasy
of
> > the practitioner and the client. It might be a useful tool for
> > plumbing the depths of some hidden parts of one's mind for those
> who
> > find this interesting, but it makes no sense to use it to
> prescribe
> > medical treatments.
> >
> > When a practitioner who practices applied kinesiology comes to
our
> > seminars I offer to set up a double blinded test of their
skills.
> I
> > have had only one acceptance. We set it up, muscle tested the
> items
> > repeatedly, and then unblinded the tests. The results were
> > completely stochastic.
> >
> > Precious few people are curious about flaws in their own
thinking.
> > Perhaps they fear that their whole world will unravel.
> >
> > Vincent
>
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