tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557195220461836798.post8998639395358292464..comments2023-09-17T03:26:38.904-04:00Comments on Daf Yummy: Berachot 20a: Rabbi Yochanan and Maternal Impressionjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557195220461836798.post-66318130494489206212012-08-24T19:18:44.165-04:002012-08-24T19:18:44.165-04:00We should also do a controlled study before adopti...We should also do a controlled study before adopting it as correct.<br /><br />This "old science" was used to account for specific results within developed "old scientific" systems of thought. And those old scientific systems did not know about DNA, genetics, etcetera. And the classic "proofs" are readily explainable in other ways. Frankly, I don't see the need to prove / disprove from scratch every single assumption of ancient science before severely doubting it.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />josh<br /><br />joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557195220461836798.post-37957411227133334332012-08-24T17:50:14.782-04:002012-08-24T17:50:14.782-04:00If you really believe in deriving truth from moder...If you really believe in deriving truth from modern science (as I do), then we would need to see a controlled study whose results rule out this possibility statistically before we can just write it off as "old science" and assume it's wrong. Has anyone ever studied the effects of preconception brain imagery on fetal outcomes?Student Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557195220461836798.post-55132884611558214282012-08-21T09:58:47.915-04:002012-08-21T09:58:47.915-04:00more on tosfos 20<a href="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/327/2574/original.jpg" rel="nofollow"> more on tosfos 20 </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557195220461836798.post-28811907589027159662012-08-21T09:55:57.582-04:002012-08-21T09:55:57.582-04:00tosfos 20<a href="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/327/2586/original.jpg" rel="nofollow"> tosfos 20 </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com