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Many independent scientists have examined the research on the Invincible
Defense Technology, including neuroscientists, psychologists, sociologists,
and statisticians. Here are some of their comments:
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| "The claim can be plausibly made that the potential impact of this
research exceeds that of any other ongoing social or psychological
research program. The research has survived a broader array of
statistical tests than most research in the field of conflict
resolution. I think this work, and the theory that informs it, deserve
the most serious consideration by academics and policy makers alike." |
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David Edwards, Ph.D., Professor of Government at the
University of Texas at Austin |
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| "In the studies that I have examined on the impact of the Maharishi
Effect [Invincible Defense Technology] on conflict, I can find no
methodological flaws, and the findings have been consistent across a
large number of replications in many different geographical and
conflictual situations. As unlikely as the premise may sound, I think we
have to take these studies seriously." |
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Ted Robert Gurr, Ph.D., Professor of Government and Politics at
the University of Maryland, one of the most well-respected scholars
in the field of conflict analysis |
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| "The hypothesis definitely raised some eyebrows among our reviewers.
But the statistical work is sound. The numbers are there. When you can
statistically control for as many variables as these studies do, it
makes the results much more convincing. This evidence indicates that we
now have a new technology to generate peace in the world." |
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Raymond Russ, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology , University of
Maine and editor, Journal of Mind and Behavior, which has
published two papers on this approach |
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| "This is exciting research. It is a non-traditional conception, but
the straightforward evidence gives the theory credence in my eyes." |
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Ved Nanda, expert in peace studies and director of the
International Legal Studies Program at the University of Denver |
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| "The data show an impressive, statistically significant
correlation: a decrease in violent crime for the time period over which
the group meditated. An impressive number of variables were considered
in analyzing the data, and I am satisfied that the research team made a
serious effort to examine the data in the light of numerous other
possible influences." |
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Beverly Rubik, Ph.D., biophysicist and Director of
the Center for Frontier Sciences at Temple University |
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| "I want to express my support for this research. What we
really are looking at here I think is a new paradigm of viewing crime
and violence, and the new paradigm says, look to the individual acting
in concert with other individuals to reduce crime constructively. . . .
Having worked extensively on social problems in the District of Columbia
for some 24 years at the University of District of Columbia . . . Id
like to encourage taking this new idea very seriously. . . . I would
like to recommend that this new model that is being offered and advanced
here, after a number of exhaustive and very carefully controlled
studies, be considered, and that we think about ways that it might be
implemented in the inner city with youth and community people who live
there." |
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Anne Hughes, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and
Government at the University of District of Columbia |
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| "I was initially skeptical, but having studied the research
completed to date, I have concluded that these studies on the Maharishi
Effect [Invincible Defense Technology] have subjected theory to proper
empirical tests. They have shown sound results which demand serious
interest. This method should be applied more widely in programs to
reduce crime." |
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Ken Pease, Ph.D., Professor of Criminology, University of
Huddersfield. Board Member, British Home Office National Crime
Prevention Board, 1993-96. Chairman of CIRAC, Centre for the
Independent Research and Analysis of Crime |
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| "I have been following the research on the Maharishi Effect
[Invincible Defense Technology] as it has developed over the last twenty
years. There is now a strong and coherent body of evidence showing that
[this approach] provides a simple and cost-effective solution to many of
the social problems we face today. This research and its conclusions are
so strong, that it demands action from those responsible for government
policy." |
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Huw Dixon, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, York University,
England |
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