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Submission + - Scientists predicting intentions

An anonymous reader writes: At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract 2 numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press. They have no idea that scientists in the next room are trying to read their minds, using a brain scan to figure out their intentions before they do.

Comment Evolution? I don't think so. (Score -1, Troll) 2345

I hold a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and have completed three postdocs and have held positions in industry as well as teaching at the university level. I never in my career have worked with another Ph.D. who said that he believes in evolution, nor was the word "evolution" mentioned even once in all my undergraduate or graduate education. The theory that atoms and molecules "randomly collide" and just happen to "create" DNA millions of base pairs long, enzymes with specific functions and other complex biomolecules is ridiculous. Perhaps that is why the vast majority of chemists don't believe that. What do they believe? Well, that's a matter of personal religious belief. I myself find no contradiction between real objective science and the biblical account of creation.

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