Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:56:40 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newest Pentium bug (fatal) Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971112154816.23998B-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199711111935.MAA17390@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Nate Williams wrote:
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> There are also things that are completely beyond the realm of scientific
> understanding as well, that cannot be 'explained away'. For example, a
> recent "scientific" study on 'prayer' was given. There were two groups
> of 'ill/sick' patients, one the control group, the other group needs
> were given to a group of people who had no contact with the group, and
> the results were astonishing. The people who were prayed for had a
> significant better recovery rate than the control group, yet there was
> absolutely no contact between any of the members in the entire
> 'experiment'. How do you explain that? Bad testing, not a big enough
> experiment group, co-incidence, etc...? Not everything can be explained
> by scientific reasoning, hence the need for 'FAITH'.
This is more probably due to increased recovery rates due to meditative
states induced by `prayer-mode' rather than any divine intervention.
You'd probably get various anecdotal references by talking to Oriental
monks, martial-arts experts, trancendental-meditation advocates, etc.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Once is dumb luck.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
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