Comments on: Study shows prayer helps https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/ Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:22:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Takeo https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528438 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:22:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528438 Acceptance of pseudo-science will deiclne when orthodox science becomes, shall we say, more scientific.I have no clue what definition of orthodox science you are using, but by my definition if orthodox science is acting like pseudo-science then it is definitely not orthodox.As for you examples, they merely indicate that science can get things spectacularly wrong (I never claimed otherwise, but it still gets things right more often than anything else), though it is worth noting that your examples of “race science” and eugenics are two theories that, while they began within orthodox science, they gained most of their prominence within the pseudo-science community.

]]> By: mikeg https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528437 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:07:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528437 oh my! wow! thanks for the warning.

]]> By: Eric https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528436 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:17:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528436 So. 75% of American pray on a weekly basis. I suppose this is meant to convey that Americans are good in this way.

A similar story from the middle east would have the tag line “90 % of Saudis pray five times a day.”

So, who’s better?

]]> By: wrpd https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528435 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:13:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528435 You would think that the idiots at Fox would at least get a straight priest.

]]> By: Observer https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528434 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:53:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528434 This wonderful. Imaginary friends are a problem? Yep. Two of the most famous imaginary friends are Jesus and God. It seemed the priest was on the verge of making that crucial distinction.

]]> By: Jared https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528433 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:12:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528433 So, as far as “prayer” goes, talking to gods/god has the same impact on psychology as talking to an imaginary friend… There is a perfectly logical (and really easy) explanation for this…

]]> By: Doug Alder https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528432 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:42:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528432 And those prayers keep bringing him altar boys for tension relief no doubt

]]> By: tms https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528431 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:26:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528431 http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/tmsnoaa/picardandrikerdoublefacnm1.jpg

]]> By: Scott https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528430 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:51:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528430 Head, meet desk.

]]> By: Amy https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528429 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:42:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/20/study-shows-prayer-helps/#comment-528429 My favorite part is the text: “Prayer relieves tensions, like a punching bag”

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