novapsyche | renwick said "funny"; I say "jawdropping" & "wonderful stuff to ponder"

Creation Science Fair

1st Place: "Using Prayer To Microevolve Latent Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria"
Eileen Hyde and Lynda Morgan (grades 10 & 11) did a project showing how the power of prayer can unlock the latent genes in bacteria, allowing them to microevolve antibiotic resistance. Escherichia coli bacteria cultured in agar filled petri dishes were subjected to the antibiotics tetracycline and chlorotetracycline. The bacteria cultures were divided into two groups, one group (A) received prayer while the other (B) didn't. The prayer was as follows: "Dear Lord, please allow the bacteria in Group A to unlock the antibiotic-resistant genes that You saw fit to give them at the time of Creation. Amen." The process was repeated for five generations, with the prayer being given at the start of each generation. In the end, Group A was significantly more resistant than Group B to both antibiotics.

This sounds like proof of reality creation. This seems to indicate that prayer (or positive thought, or intentional thought) can influence what happens on the material plane (growth in a petri dish, a very sterile environment and a scientific staple). It also seems to indicate that the scientfic process itself is a form of intentional thought, which goes to give further weight to the idea that the investigation itself determines what evidence might be found. (The sociologist in me would says, "The questions we ask necessarily determine the kind of answers we get from subjects. This is known from the analysis of survey questions. This is why different polls that seem to ask the same question have different results--because the wording is the crucial element. The questions themselves determine what answers are possible.")

EDIT: Wait. Nevermind. I've learned since posting this that the science fair is a hoax. But man, it was fun to ponder.