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From: hdunne@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu (|-|ugh)
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Subject: Re: Transedental Meditation....
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Date: 28 Apr 88 23:27:41 GMT
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Zippy-quote: I don't know WHY I said that..  I think it came from the FILLINGS  in my rear molars.. =<:-)


In article <4860@cup.portal.com> doug-merritt@cup.portal.com writes:
}Jack Campin writes:
}>The Maharishi's latest product line is a "Unified Field Theory". I would be
}>mildly curious to know what this is but have no intention of spending time
}>or money finding out.
}
}Agree. Anyone out there know about this?

The Maharishi has put out a glossy poster covered with impressive-looking
equations, but I gather that real field theorists consider it total BS and a
big laugh. I remember seeing the poster on the door of Irving Segal, a
mathematical physicist at MIT. It was part of his funny/crank collection.

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