The Templeton Foundation is paying $ 300,000 to University of Central Florida to build a rocketship - simulator , so they can analyze whether “ the ghostlike experiences discover by astronauts are primarily stimulate by the various views of the earth and the grandness of blank space . ”Over at Pharyngula , P.Z. Myers subjects this research project to some well - deserved and screaming takeoff . As Myers write :
What they do n’t understand is that in this project , UCF is the observational case , the Templeton Foundation is the experimenter , the $ 300,000 is the unconditional stimulus , and they are trying to make “ spirituality ” the conditional stimulus that causes university administrator to part drooling .
Myers ’ whole post is well worth reading . [ Pharyngula ]
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