Tuesday, April 04, 2006

The Power of Prayer

Scrappleface, funny and insightful as always:

A team of scientists today ended a 10-year study on the so-called “power of prayer” by concluding that God cannot be manipulated by humans, not even by scientists with a $2.4 million research grant.
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“As it turns out, God was not impressed by our academic credentials, our substantial funding base, and our rigorous study protocols,” said lead researcher Dr. Herbert Benson, a cardiologist and director of the Mind/Body Medical Institute near Boston. “I get the feeling we just spent 10 years looking through the wrong end of the telescope.”
Go read the rest! It's so funny. Why would these scientist publish something so silly? Why do they think we would believe them? Related to my last story, I wonder if I should exerise after all :-).

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