Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Programming Manual For The BRAIN Computer Message-ID: Date: 27 Oct 88 02:28:03 GMT References: <563@epicb.UUCP> Sender: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: Clarkson University Lines: 24 In-reply-to: david@epicb.UUCP's message of 26 Oct 88 13:29:00 GMT In article <563@epicb.UUCP> david@epicb.UUCP (David P. Cook) hypes: NLP PROGRAMMING (Neural-Linguistic Programming) According to the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance, there is no evidence to support claims for the effectiveness of NLP. "In brief, the NLP system of eye, posture, tone and language patterns as indexing representational patterns is not derived or derivable from known scientific work. Furthermore, there is no internal evidence or documentation to support the system. . . . Overall there is little or no empirical evidence to date to support either NLP assumptions or NLP effectiveness. Different critics may attach different values to the quality of these studies [testing one or another aspect of NLP[, but the fact remains that none supports the effectiveness of NLP in improving influence or skilled motor performance." Quoted from "The Skeptical Inquirer", Vol 13, p. 37. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) To surrender is to remain in the hands of barbarians for the rest of my life. To fight is to leave my bones exposed in the desert waste.