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In reply to the discussion: Atheists use science like believers use faith in times of stress, says study [View all]edhopper
(33,484 posts)34. I don't know
I would suggest further study. Do people in high stress situation think more or less? Were they agreeing more because they were preoccupied by the stress, or because those answers helped with the stress?
The study does not say anything about that, even though the authors want it to.
BTW: Designing a study to get the answer you want is not the mark of good science.
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Atheists use science like believers use faith in times of stress, says study [View all]
Phillip McCleod
Jun 2013
OP
more of the usual bs trying to equate "science" with "religious faith in science."
mike_c
Jun 2013
#3
Why do you think the rowers in the high-stress group expressed a significantly stronger belief ...
Jim__
Jun 2013
#25