Humour: How scientists value prayer

"The study cost $2.4 million, and most of the money came from the John Templeton Foundation, which supports research into spirituality. The government has spent more than $2.3 million on prayer research since 2000."

Response found at http://improbable.com/2006/03/31/how-scientists-value-prayer/

"None of the studies thus far have indicated that prayer is efficacious in healing the sick. But the experiments show that prayer is good for generating grant money."