That's one of the OTHER NLPs. The NLP-USA doesn't advocate that, as far as I know. John's litmus test is: is there scientfic evidence to back up a claim. The claims about southern facing entrances aren't exactly well-researched, so he doesn't promote it.
John is talking about enlightenment. That's not a belief but a physiolgical state of consciousness. Now, John has beliefs ABOUT this state, and believes that meditation (specifically Transcendental Meditation) can bring about this state, but the point is that if you are in this physiological state, John believes that you automatically get these abilities.
When the questions were first submitted, the questions went to the main e-mail address which meant that they were buried with literally thousands of pieces of junk mail.
When I found out that the questions HAD been submitted, the Hagelin campaign immediately requested them again.
Then the guy who was supposed to mail in the answers got sick...
It was just luck that the answers were ever posted at all. We missed all the deadlines.
RE: #3: each candidate has his/her own electors. You vote for them, actually, when you vote for the candidate.
RE: #2: no comment
RE: #1: John's into Transcendental Meditation. I would ASSUME that he is talking about that, but you'd have to ask him, personally to be sure.
Hagelin is the guy who published the latest study on crime and yogic flying, so to say that he isn't in favor of it merely shows that you haven't done your homework.
1) John Hagelin FOUNDED the Natural Law Party -USA, and has been their presidential candidate every time since it was founded in 1992, so I don't know what you mean.
2) Hagelin attempted to forge a 3rd party coalition with the Reform Party. In fact, he has received all sorts of support from the moderate Perot supporters, many of whom view him as the Next Big Thing in 3rd party politics. He also received the endorsement of the Independence Party of New York, beating nader by 90% to 7%. Buchanan couldn't even get a second for his nomination.
Jesse Ventura's campaign manager now works for John, and John has received a near-endorsement from Jesse Ventura (John is the only candidate that Jesse is considering voting for, according to Jesse).
3) By fighting the "good fight" against Buchanan, not only did John gain favor with the moderate Perotistas, but he also got far, FAR more national media attention then he would have had he merely ran as a NLP candidate. In fact, John got more media interviews during the Reform Party battles then he did in all 8 years previously.
Hagelin has spent the last 8 years becoming a policy expert. He has a scientific background but don't mistake him for being a mere ivory tower BSer. Suggest you look him up after the election and ask a few questions and then kick yourself for not voting for him.
How is this elitist?
A flat tax that eliminates all loop-holes and starts above $34,000 for a family of four would end up requiring the wealthy to pay far more than they are now, while the poor and lower-middle-class wouldn't pay anything.
I don't believe that you understand what John is saying. If you want to understand better, try reading Robert Roth's book, _A Reason to Vote_, which is available online.
Hagelin is a scientist with a capital "S". He is VERY good at what he does.
Often, when he says "holistic approaches," he is referring to Transcendental Meditation, Ayurveda, and other alternative medical/spiritual/whatever programs.
BUT...
Recall that he is calling for us to "use what works according to Science." He isn't saying "take this on faith" but that the government should use the scientific literature to determine what is worth doing or NOT worth doing.
You're missing an important point about John's candidacy: he isn't a politician, but a scientist. His background CERTAINLY is important. Senators are constantly putting "senator" in front of their name, so why shouldn't he put "Quantum Physicist" in front of (in back of) his name?
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I don't know that John has said that it isn't a big deal (TM). In fact, he insists that WHATEVER works should be used WHEREEVER it makes sense, and specifically says that he won't pretend to not support TM because it might lose him votes because that would be dishonest.
What was wrong with John Hagelin's answer to the Napster question on web, white & blue?
In fact, John basically predicted Napster's decision to go commercial about 2 weeks before it happened.
And smaller countries would find it cheaper, easier and far more effective to fund a terrorist attack... "float a nuclear device up the Potomac" as John likes to say.
By the way, this is called "the Perennial Philosophy," and while you may called it "wacked," it is one of the most pervasive philosophical and spiritual/religious/mystical philosophies in the world.
Sigh.....
I'll address "his" unified field theory in another thread, but I'd like to point out that the co-authors of "his" unified field theory included John Ellis, Director of Research at CERN.
Does the term "Flipped SU(5)" mean anything to you?
Suggest you check out Hagelin's scientific background a bit more before you start suggesting that Hagelin isn't a "real" Quantum Physicist. It is easier to say than "theoretical physicist" or "Quantum Field Theorist," afterall.
A good place to start would be
Hagelin's scientific publications.
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That's one of the OTHER NLPs. The NLP-USA doesn't advocate that, as far as I know. John's litmus test is: is there scientfic evidence to back up a claim. The claims about southern facing entrances aren't exactly well-researched, so he doesn't promote it.
He's actually pretty bright, so for him, most people seem kinda, well, slow...
John Hagelin (I thought) answered the questions close to your preferences. Do you disagree?
RE: quantum physics-mind expansion blather... "Use what works." How do you know his "quantum physics-mind expansion blather" doesn't work?
John is talking about enlightenment. That's not a belief but a physiolgical state of consciousness. Now, John has beliefs ABOUT this state, and believes that meditation (specifically Transcendental Meditation) can bring about this state, but the point is that if you are in this physiological state, John believes that you automatically get these abilities.
When the questions were first submitted, the questions went to the main e-mail address which meant that they were buried with literally thousands of pieces of junk mail. When I found out that the questions HAD been submitted, the Hagelin campaign immediately requested them again. Then the guy who was supposed to mail in the answers got sick... It was just luck that the answers were ever posted at all. We missed all the deadlines.
RE: #3: each candidate has his/her own electors. You vote for them, actually, when you vote for the candidate. RE: #2: no comment RE: #1: John's into Transcendental Meditation. I would ASSUME that he is talking about that, but you'd have to ask him, personally to be sure.
Hagelin is the guy who published the latest study on crime and yogic flying, so to say that he isn't in favor of it merely shows that you haven't done your homework.
1) John Hagelin FOUNDED the Natural Law Party -USA, and has been their presidential candidate every time since it was founded in 1992, so I don't know what you mean.
2) Hagelin attempted to forge a 3rd party coalition with the Reform Party. In fact, he has received all sorts of support from the moderate Perot supporters, many of whom view him as the Next Big Thing in 3rd party politics. He also received the endorsement of the Independence Party of New York, beating nader by 90% to 7%. Buchanan couldn't even get a second for his nomination.
Jesse Ventura's campaign manager now works for John, and John has received a near-endorsement from Jesse Ventura (John is the only candidate that Jesse is considering voting for, according to Jesse).
3) By fighting the "good fight" against Buchanan, not only did John gain favor with the moderate Perotistas, but he also got far, FAR more national media attention then he would have had he merely ran as a NLP candidate. In fact, John got more media interviews during the Reform Party battles then he did in all 8 years previously.
Hagelin has spent the last 8 years becoming a policy expert. He has a scientific background but don't mistake him for being a mere ivory tower BSer. Suggest you look him up after the election and ask a few questions and then kick yourself for not voting for him.
How is this elitist? A flat tax that eliminates all loop-holes and starts above $34,000 for a family of four would end up requiring the wealthy to pay far more than they are now, while the poor and lower-middle-class wouldn't pay anything.
A Reason to Vote
BUT...
Recall that he is calling for us to "use what works according to Science." He isn't saying "take this on faith" but that the government should use the scientific literature to determine what is worth doing or NOT worth doing.
You're missing an important point about John's candidacy: he isn't a politician, but a scientist. His background CERTAINLY is important. Senators are constantly putting "senator" in front of their name, so why shouldn't he put "Quantum Physicist" in front of (in back of) his name?
The URL parser in slashdot won't handle this url. You'll have to cut and paste and remove the extraneous spaces from "find" and so on (I guess the text editor tries to format it and screws up). http://www-spires.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/spifac e/find/hep/www?FORMAT=WWW&rawcmd=fin d+a+ hagelin
I don't know that John has said that it isn't a big deal (TM). In fact, he insists that WHATEVER works should be used WHEREEVER it makes sense, and specifically says that he won't pretend to not support TM because it might lose him votes because that would be dishonest.
I wasn't aware that Neale Donald Walsch (among other Hagelin supporters) had learned TM.
What was wrong with John Hagelin's answer to the Napster question on web, white & blue? In fact, John basically predicted Napster's decision to go commercial about 2 weeks before it happened.
And smaller countries would find it cheaper, easier and far more effective to fund a terrorist attack... "float a nuclear device up the Potomac" as John likes to say.
By the way, this is called "the Perennial Philosophy," and while you may called it "wacked," it is one of the most pervasive philosophical and spiritual/religious/mystical philosophies in the world.
Sigh..... I'll address "his" unified field theory in another thread, but I'd like to point out that the co-authors of "his" unified field theory included John Ellis, Director of Research at CERN.
Does the term "Flipped SU(5)" mean anything to you?
Suggest you check out Hagelin's scientific background a bit more before you start suggesting that Hagelin isn't a "real" Quantum Physicist. It is easier to say than "theoretical physicist" or "Quantum Field Theorist," afterall. A good place to start would be Hagelin's scientific publications.
You might be interested to know that his former Physics professor at Harvard, Howard Georgi, says that "He's not a kook. He's an incredibly smart guy who has well-thought-out opinions on many things." As you can see, Professor Georgi isn't a kook, a pseudo-scientist, or an intellectual slouch, either.