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"...peame võtma neid uuringuid tõsiselt"

TR Gurr

"Uurimustes, mida olen hinnanud (rahuloovate gruppide tegevuse kohta), ei ole ma leidnud metodoloogilisi vigu ning tulemused on olnud suure arvu korduste puhul kokkulangevad. Kuigi eeldus võib näida ebatõenäolisena, tundub, et peame võtma neid uuringuid tõsiselt."

Ted Robert Gurr, PhD. Marylandi Ülikooli USA-s halduse ja politoloogia emeriitprofessor




"...tõendavad rahu loomisele uue lähenemisviisi efektiivsust"

"Arvan,et uuringu tulemused, mis tõendavad rahu loomisele uue lähenemisviisi efektiivsust ja sellele vastav teooria, on väärt akadeemikute, poliitikute ja vastutustundlike kodanike tähelepanu".

David Edwards, PhD Professor of Government University of Texas (Austin), USA




"...mõjus kokkulangevate tõendite kogum"

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"Olen jälginud rahuloovate gruppide tegevuse uuringuid viimase kahekümne aasta jooksul. Meil on nüüd mõjus kokkulangevate tõendite kogum, mis näitab, et see uus lähenemisviis annab lihtsa ja kuluefektiivse lahenduse paljudele tänastele akuutsetele ühiskonnaprobleemidele. Leian, et uurimistulemused on sedavõrd tõsised, et see nõuab tegusid nende poolt, kes vastutavad valitsuse poliitika elluviimise eest".

Huw Dixon, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, York University, England


"Tõhusad tulemused mida peame võtma tõsiselt..."

"I was initially skeptical, but having studied the research completed to date, I have concluded that these studies on the Maharishi Effect [Invincible Defense Technology] have subjected theory to proper empirical tests. They have shown sound results which demand serious interest. This method should be applied more widely in programs to reduce crime."

Ken Pease, Ph.D., Professor of Criminology, University of Huddersfield. Board Member, British Home Office National Crime Prevention Board, 1993-96. Chairman of CIRAC, Centre for the Independent Research and Analysis of Crime.

"The work is sound"

"The hypothesis definitely raised some eyebrows among our reviewers. But the statistical work is sound. The numbers are there. When you can statistically control for as many variables as these studies do, it makes the results much more convincing. This evidence indicates that we now have a new technology to generate peace in the world."

Raymond Russ, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at the University of Maine; editor, Journal of Mind and Behavior of the University of Maine, that has published two scientific reports on the effect of coherence-creating groups.




"I'd like to encourage taking this new idea very seriously"

"I would like to recommend that this new model that is being offered and advanced here, after a number of exhaustive and very carefully controlled studies, be considered, and that we think about ways that it might be implemented in the inner city with youth and community people who live here."

Anne Hughes, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Government, University of the District of Columbia.




"..deserves careful attention"

"This research shows a great deal of promise. It is a non-traditional approach, but the methodology of these studies is sound and the statistical significance is high. In a world as unstable and dangerous as ours, I believe that any approach with such consistent objective support deserves careful attention."

Ved Nanda, PhD, President World Association of Law Professors, Director International Legal Studies Programme, University of Denver College of Law, Colorado.


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