No statistical proofs exist that prayer reduces illness and mortality, except perhaps through a psychogenic enhancement of the immune system; if it were otherwise the whole world would pray continuously.
E. O. Wilson (2014). “Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge”, p.364, Vintage
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