If Mrs Cogan considers chicken stew recipes to be scientifically testable, then surely she must consider the LOA scientifically testable.
For the most part, I do not share this optimism. While chicken stew recipes and the LOA are testable, I do not consider them scientifically testable, save, in the case of LOA, under very limited circumstances.
There are of course PLENTY of scientific studies which investigate some aspect of how thought might affect reality:
(eg it has been discovered or alleged that the "healing energy" sent out by faith healers to water would weaken the hydrogen bonding in the water molecules;
that "positive thoughts" would alter the molecular structure of water molecules leading to observable differences in the formation of water crystals;
that a thinker's thoughts on the outcomes of a random event generator produces a statistically significant outcome;
that visualising gym workouts has the effect of increasing muscular strength;
that when meditators meditate on fruit fly larvae, the ratio of ATP/ADP hormone production in the fruit flies, after hatching, is sharply altered and this carries through to subsequent generations of fruit flies)
etc etc, but frankly, what use of all this is to you? Eg to know that fruit flies and their offspring live significantly longer and have better health, if experienced meditators have sent them positive thoughts when they were still eggs?
All this is very good and interesting, but I'd really rather have a good chicken stew recipe. Or use LOA for my own practical purposes.
Now while LOA is not generally testable
in a scientific sense for practical purposes, LOA is eminently testable for practical purposes. Just try it and see. Record your intentions; record your IM attempts; record the events in your life as they unfold.
Simple as that.
For those who feel that this could be all utter nonsense and therefore do not want to waste their time and effort on that, then simply take it as an exercise in disciplining your thoughts, eg to break bad habits (smoking etc), or to cultivate good habits (exercise etc), increase self-motivation etc.
As you grow more experienced in controlling your thoughts .... try bigger; bolder; more ambitious; more bizarre; more unusual; more profound; weirder thoughts ...
....
and watch your reality change.
Record it all down in writing, as it happens .... Hang on tight, it's a wild ride, but it's fun.
