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The origin of religion is in our heads, explains developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert. First we figured out how to make tools, then a supernatural being.
  • Could someone explain

    Where in the scientific method the notion is that "miraculous claims require miraculous evidence". This guy claims everything from telepathy to qi (chi) is bunk, but as everyone who has bothered to delve into the subjects knows, there does exist some scientifically verifiable evidence. Maybe not enough to convince the hardened skeptic, but enough to know that there is something worth exploring.

    Even in Red China, the godless communists, are researching qi (chi, prana) and finding some interesting things. I wonder in 50 years, when China is running the world, what this research will yield. I guess scientists like Wolpert will still have their heads up their tails.