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Richard Saunders

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Dr Rachael Dunlop & Richard Saunders interview
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Comments[2]

  • Hi Richard:
    Love your show and listen regularly. I did, however, have a comment about the recent Kinesiology Test / Demonstration video that you posted. The one about cell phones being placed near the heart:
    I felt the test was somewhat flawed. It was good that you blindfolded yourself, but Gary should have been blindfolded as well and perhaps a third person could have been used to hold the cell phone to his heart or pretend to do so.
    Proponents of Kinesiology, knowing that Gary is probably a skeptic, could easily accuse him of "letting up" on his resistive response when the cell phone was NOT there and then cranking it a notch harder when it WAS there in an attempt to give you the impression of a constant response in all cases. The same test with a proponent of Kinesiology as the subject (instead of Gary), could easily do the same thing, except in reverse, pressing back HARD when the cell phone was NOT there and letting up when it was. This could be conscious attempt to help the test pass or an unconscious idio-motor response.

    Just thought I'd point it out. Your tests and investigations are usually bullet-proof and thorough, but this one had some cracks.

    Warmly,
    Mark Roberts,
    Toronto, Canada

    posted by: Mark Roberts on 2010-08-16 15:52:38

  • Captain Sisko never gets enough love. *sigh*

    (No you didn't see this comment mistakenly posted under the Kinesiology video. You are clearly mistaken, it never happened.)

    posted by: Cappy on 2010-08-10 05:24:35

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