" ▁about ▁Pia z zi ▁S my th ' s ▁theories . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁Barbara ▁M ert z , ▁reflect ing ▁the ▁views ▁of ▁the ▁scientific ▁establishment , ▁reported ▁another ▁term ▁for ▁py ram id olog ists : ▁ ▁The ▁Toronto ▁Society ▁for ▁Psych ical ▁Research ▁organized ▁a ▁research ▁team ▁consisting ▁of ▁All an ▁Alter ▁( B . Sc . ▁Ph m ) ▁and ▁D ale ▁Sim m ons ▁( D ip . ▁En gr . ▁Te ch ) ▁to ▁explore ▁claims ▁made ▁in ▁Py ram id ▁Power ▁literature ▁that ▁py ram ids ▁could ▁better ▁preserve ▁organ ic ▁matter . ▁Ext ensive ▁tests ▁showed ▁that ▁py ram id ▁containers ▁" are ▁no ▁more ▁effective ▁than ▁those ▁of ▁other ▁shapes ▁in ▁pres erving ▁and ▁de h yd rating ▁organ ic ▁material ." ▁ ▁French ▁Egypt ologist ▁and ▁architect ▁Jean - Ph ili ppe ▁L auer ▁under to ok ▁a ▁scientific ▁analysis ▁of ▁several ▁py ram id olog ists ' ▁claims ▁by ▁re construct ing ▁their ▁reasoning ▁step - by - step ▁and ▁re do ing ▁their ▁mathematical ▁calculations . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁he ▁concluded ▁that ▁those ▁intu itions , ▁though ▁fasc in ating ▁and ▁made ▁by ▁people ▁in ▁good ▁faith , ▁have ▁little ▁to ▁no ▁regard ▁to ▁arch ae ology ▁needs , ▁if ▁not ▁to ▁any ▁other ▁science ▁at ▁all . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁topics ▁character ized ▁as ▁pseud os cience ▁ ▁Sum m um ▁Alexander ▁Gol od ▁ ▁References ▁Foot notes