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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:28 PM Original message |
Reiki improves heart rate homeostasis in laboratory rats |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Will you STOP posting woo-woo crap in the health forum already! |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. these are scientific studies by PhDs at universities |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You obviously have no regard for either rational thought OR for placing things in proper forums |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. It was published in |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Wow.... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. You need an intervention. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. What is "sham Reiki?" |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. we need the full study instead of a summary n/t |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. That's exactly correct |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Below I stated what I would use for experimental and control |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I saw that after I posted |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. well, reiki is much more than just clockwise and counterclockwise |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. In the interest of honesty and disclosure... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. See my post below for the methodology. eom |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
82. Ever heard the term placebo? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Intention, most likely. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. The shorter name is just "reiki". |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. guessing, but |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. i learned reiki about 25 years ago. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. oh that is cool |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. that's great. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. yes |
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chicagomd (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. No it is not. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Wrong |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. There's no difference between sham Reiki and Reiki. nt |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. I thought it was when you practiced energy healing on a pillow cover |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. What does voodoo have to do with health? nt |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I don't know |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Take it easy on valerief |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. Oy, and my colon! Is there a doctor in house? Buzz off, you silly Reiki charlatan! nt |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. don't knock things that you |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. So 'splain it to us. eom |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. here's a link. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I understand how reiki is purported to work. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. i can only vouch for my |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. So then do you agree that it might be placebo... |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. it's possible, but i don't think rats |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. So then why call another poster ignorant for claiming something that you agree is possible? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. i didn't call anyone ignorant. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Here's the definition of ignorant: |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. let's see |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. I'm sorry, but ignorant means what it means. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. any time you use a loaded word |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I disagree that it is a loaded term. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. using voodoo as a metaphor makes no sense |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Oh, I love definitions. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. not a preferred definition and not in Webster's |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. So you're saying that "voodoo economics" makes no sense? |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 04:45 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. don't like supply side economics |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. This has gone from mildly silly to incredibly stupid. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #69 |
76. You are picking the noun definition, when varkam used the adjective. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. I'll give you this |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. You're shifting into a meaningless semantics argument |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. the main one |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Debunking the nine year old girl |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It was published in a peer-reviewed journal. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. so was this in a peer reviewed journal |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. What? |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Is the whole study online somewhere? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You hear that sound? |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. you didn't answer my question |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. I thought it was obvious. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. p value also takes into account the variability |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Holy Hell! |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. You over looked a couple of major problems |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. the variation |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Nonsense |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Respectfully, I disagree |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. You're not reading, are you? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #63 |
77. It is Sooooo easy |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. It should be, but... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
72. That's an ad hominem, by the way |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
60. Well considering how much scientific inaccuracies |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. I know how you love Orac... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. With a name that sounds like that, you know he's got to be brilliant |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I can't wait for the study where they train rats to do sham reiki on humans |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. haha , true |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I trained Santa Claus to do reiki on me |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Does it work if you're naughty? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
31. I mean its good to have an open mind , but not so open your brain falls |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
41. Rats do Reiki? Now that's just crazy. As crazy as people doing it. nt |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
57. Yes rats are JUST LIKE HUMANS |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. There's no mention in the full paper |
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