God on the Brain

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/religionbrain.html

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The findings, based on brain scans of people contemplating God, (((where are you when we need you, Tim Leary))) don't explain whether a propensity for religion is a neurobiological accident. But at least they give researchers a solid framework for exploring the question. (((If you can call magnetic scans of a bunch of gray goo a "solid framework.")))

"In a way, this is a very cold look at religious belief," said National