From the archives: Hear our prayers - the Northern Irish prayer efficacy study
From the archives in 1989, Wendy Grossman tracks down Francis Galton's 1872 study on the supposed power of prayer in Northern Ireland
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From the archives in 1989, Wendy Grossman tracks down Francis Galton's 1872 study on the supposed power of prayer in Northern Ireland
Francis Galton pioneered scientific advances in many fields '" but also founded the racist pseudoscience of eugenics Updated 1/19/2021 6:01 PM (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Richard Gunderman, Indiana University (THE CONVERSATION) A popular pseudoscience was leaving its mark on American culture a century ago in everything from massive reductions in quotas for immigration to the U.S., to thousands of 'fitter family' contests at county fairs, to a growing acceptance of birth co...