andrel wrote:
> On 6-7-2009 0:28, Darren New wrote:
>> andrel wrote:
>>> On 6-7-2009 0:09, Darren New wrote:
>>>> andrel wrote:
>>>>> IIRC One of the groups that was prayed for did significantly 
>>>>> worse*. I don't remember exactly which one, I think the group that 
>>>>> knew.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, yes. By "surprising", I thought you meant the prayer actually 
>>>> helped, which would be surprising to those doing the experiment.
>>>>
>>> Any change would be surprising to the non-believer. This has the 
>>> advantage that everybody is just as astonished.
>>
>> I had understood that the third group (unlike the others) were told 
>> they were being prayed for. That's why there were three groups instead 
>> of two.
> 
> And a possible explanation would be that they would think somebody else 
> would help them so they could devote energy to other things than 
> recovering. Still most probably a fluke.

Certainly that would be my first guess. :-) Or disappointment that they 
weren't getting better faster.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.

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