The investigator wanted to test a new device that has apparently been designed to capture (and perhaps even generate) nonlinear fields even within a modern dwelling. The device: a mattress that can be easily camouflaged, enabling a placebo-controlled study. The investigator proposed to compare the bone structure of a group of individuals who were asked to sleep on these mattresses in comparison to others who slept on regular mattresses that otherwise looked the same.
Needless to say, a proposal such as this generates a certain amount of skepticism among traditional scientists as myself. I shared with many of my colleagues this sense of a certain level of incredulity about the premise. However, I found myself parting company with them on one crucial issue. A question that I've wrestled with, and to which I do not know the answer is whether there are two fundamentally different aspects to any research undertaking ...
