That prayer study is popular

My prayer post has been picked up by a lot of bloggers; as the various reactions and commenters' comments are interesting, I'll link to all of the posts linking back to me that I've found so far (if I've left anyone off the list please let me know):

• That prayer boondoggle - Pharyngula (69 comments)
• Prayer and medicine - Terry's LJ (10 comments)
• Healing and the Power of Prayer - toolkitzone blog (4 comments)
• Desantoos's two posts - (1 comment)
• The unnecessary hypothesis - Newton's Binomium (0 comments)
• Power of Prayer Study Results - Adirondack Musing (0 comments)
• Doctorfedora's post (0 comments)

The post was also picked up by a discussion board and even showed up in the "related blogs" portion of the New York Times article I cited.

And, as one might expect, the study result is quickly becoming fodder for jokes. This post, by a person suffering from a painful medical problem, elicited this response by a commenter:

Oh, I've been thinking about you, too! But emphatically no praying! I care too much!

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