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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  If Mrs Cogan considers chicken stew recipes to be scientifically testable, then surely she must consider the LOA scientifically testable. |
The various qualities of chicken stew are testable scientifically. LOA is not.
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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.
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The scientific method consists of formulating a hypothesis and then making a prediction. The LOA hypothesis is that you can just think about what you want, concentrating carefully and it will be "attracted" to you in a sort of magical way. Magic isn't testable.
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There are of course PLENTY of scientific studies which investigate some aspect of how thought might affect reality:
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do you literally believe everything you read on the internet? Don't you have ANY bullshit filter at all?
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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.
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anything is testable if you fix the test so you can't get any result but the one you want. Other than that if it's not scientific testing, it's not testing.
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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.
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I already know how to decide what I want, make a plan and go after it. No pseudoscientific magic pixie dust is required.