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independent variable) and the level of a certain other ingredient (Y, the response).

If a significant relationship was found, say, via regression analysis, however no sig-

nificant relationship was found with other ingredients in the blood, this does not
imply that the statistical analysis was invalid. It is understood that “nature” was
so designed that cholesterol is correlated with the investigated ingredient, but not
with others. Likewise, if numerical values of a certain triad of Hebrew words for
certain celestial bodies are correlated with the diameters of these bodies, and the

relationship has been proven to be statistically significant, no further corrobora-
tion is required for the validity of this analysis. One does not need to prove that
other similar Hebrew words maintain the same relationship, neither that same
relationship should hold with regard to other features of the respective celestial
bodies.
Summing up, scientific research progresses by empirically detecting possibly

information-carrying patterns, and then statistically testing these patterns to
establish that their occurrence randomly in the sample is improbable. If a certain
pattern proves to be statistically insignificant, then a search for other patterns

begins. This is an iterative process, and it remains legitimate so long as all tested
patterns are within the parameters of the investigation.
Same reasoning may be applied to the analyses in this chapter. If statistical

analysis shows that results are significant only for integer values of X (apart from
X 6, as explained earlier), however same analyses result in insignifi cant outcomes if
other values are assigned to X (like X 1=0.5), this does not imply that the analyses
are not valid. Rather, it implies the existence of a certain “state-of-nature,” accord-
ing to which only integer values deliver significant results. This is how Genesis

creation story, with its hidden story, was probably intended to be delivered in the

first place. No further tests are required.
This same approach has been implemented throughout the statistical analyses
presented in this book. These analyses, it is our conviction, should withstand any
unbiased scientific scrutiny.

22.5.3 Why Not Publish in Recognized Scientific Journals?

The reader may wonder why the statistical analyses in this book, including those
in the current chapter, have not been submitted for publication in recognized and
highly-esteemed scientific journals, like Science or Nature. The answer may be

easily guessed: no journal was willing to even consider reviewing (let alone pub-
lish) papers with claims, as displayed in this book. Open-mindedness to all facts
of nature, source of pride for many highly-revered journals, ended when claims
of religious flavor, no matter how scientifically corroborated, were involved.

Therefore, as a result of responses received to preliminary enquiries, none of the