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Let's direct half of the National Science Foundation budget to hire a bunch of priests, mystics, nuns, and holy men to spend all day praying for divine inspiration for our various research efforts. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by WoodScientist to c/crazyideas

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We'll cover all our bases and hire people of all faiths. We'll have tens of thousands of people praying to boost our science output. It's sure to work!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, multiple books in the Bible say that intelligence and knowledge are gifts from God, so at least Christians should be doing it for free already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Apparently that's what the Jesuits are there for, at least within Catholicism.