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Re: [Phys-l] God's reaction to prayers simply can't be explored by scientific study.

"I would certainly like to see the evidence for these statistics. Intervention vs. non-intervention might well have such effects if they are well designed, but I would question that such huge differences would appear between faith-based and non-faith-based interventions.

Hugh"


I was going to write that the important factor is attention, whatever the kind.

bc, just believes this.

p.s. I obtained the news article from the current UnderNews.



Hugh Haskell wrote:

At 10:06 -0600 3/31/07, Brian Whatcott wrote:

I was interested to examine my reaction to this story. I noticed
that rationalizing the outcome was relatively fast for me.
And I laughed: people do indeed rationalize any result that gives
rise to conceptual conflict.


That certainly is a natural tendency, but I wouldn't say that it always happens. If it did, how would anything new ever get accepted?


cut

Here's a less than scientific example of faith-based intervention.
It is found that drug-offenders (and others) who are exposed to
local faith-based support groups (driving them to Narc-Anon
meetings,finding them small easements etc...) have a better
recidivism rate than prisoners not so supported.
(The recidivism rate can be truly ruinous,
to them and to the rest of us: 80% and higher; the supported
recidivism rate can be surprizingly better, 15% and lower...)


I would certainly like to see the evidence for these statistics. Intervention vs. non-intervention might well have such effects if they are well designed, but I would question that such huge differences would appear between faith-based and non-faith-based interventions.

Hugh