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The remote prayer delusion: clinical trials that attempt to detect supernatural intervention are as futile as they are unethical
- Mr G Paul, 3109 N Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; gsp1954{at}aol.com
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The remote prayer delusion: clinical trials that attempt to detect supernatural intervention are as futile as they are unethical
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- Received November 6, 2007
- Revised April 20, 2008
- Accepted April 30, 2008
- First published August 29, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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