Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 22:34:18 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newest Pentium bug (fatal) Message-ID: <199711120534.WAA01986@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971112154816.23998B-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> References: <199711111935.MAA17390@rocky.mt.sri.com> <Pine.SGI.3.96.971112154816.23998B-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz>
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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. Umm, the people who got better weren't praying, they were being prayed for, and by people whom they had no contact with. Natehome | help
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