RE: God as a non-empirical being
April 18, 2015 at 4:05 pm
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2015 at 4:06 pm by Hatshepsut.)
(April 18, 2015 at 2:48 pm)robvalue Wrote: I think you're talking about the placebo effect Hatsch?...When I said testable claims, I meant non-trivial ones, I should have been clear, you're right...
I'm just a stickler for detail, that's all. And annoyed my once-impeccable spelling is going out the window as I get older. And, perhaps curious as to why the placebo effect is real. I could save money on prescriptions by having sugar pills substituted for some of them...

Although I would offer that Ire should direct more toward faith-healing frauds and parents who withhold proper medical care from their kids than toward prayer and meditation per se.