Humans Are A Curious Species
We always want an explanation for everything.
And if we don't have an explanation, we make something up.
Every society has a stories they tell to explain the things that happen to them - why the sun rises and sets, why there are storms, why people get sick, why the crops sometimes fail.
And if we don't have an explanation, we make something up.
Every society has a stories they tell to explain the things that happen to them - why the sun rises and sets, why there are storms, why people get sick, why the crops sometimes fail.
Children and Fairytales
Kids grow up.
They figure out that their parents were pulling their leg .
They figure out that their parents were pulling their leg .
Replacing the Fairytales
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1. 1615 Astronomy - Galileo
2. 1752 Physics - Ben Franklin
3. 1800 Geology - Hutton
4. 1859 Biology - Darwin
5. 1872 Power of Prayer - Galton
1. 1615 Astronomy - Galileo
2. 1752 Physics - Ben Franklin
3. 1800 Geology - Hutton
4. 1859 Biology - Darwin
5. 1872 Power of Prayer - Galton
1615 Astronomy - Galileo
1752 Physics - Ben Franklin
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1800 Geology - Hutton
1859 Biology - Darwin
1872 Power of Prayer - Galton
In 1872, the Victorian scientist Francis Galton made the first statistical analysis of third-party prayer. He hypothesized that if prayer were effective, members of the British Royal Family would live longer than average, given that thousands prayed for their well-being every Sunday, and he prayed over randomized plots of land to see whether the plants would grow any faster, and found no correlation in either case.
Read the full 1872 article here.
Read the full 1872 article here.
