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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL !I read the thread title too quickly; I thought it was "Why do Athletes care ? Here is one scary reason." I was ready to read about a tragic football injury. FWIW Many athletes pray before, during, and after athletic contests--especially football players.[/quote] How about scientists? Do they pray before, during, and after their time in the lab? What is IQ of average football player vs average scientist? [/quote] [quote] Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the actions of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. by a wish addressed to a supernatural being. However, it must be admitted that our actual knowledge of these laws is only imperfect and fragmentary, so that, actually, the belief in the existence of basic all-embracing laws in nature also rests on a sort of faith. All the same this faith has been largely justified so far by the success of scientific research. But, on the other hand, everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble. In this way the pursuit of science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort, which is indeed quite different from the religiosity of someone more naive. --Albert Einstein [quote/][/quote]
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