Scientists Deliver 'God' Via A Helmet

prostoalex writes "Scientific American is reporting on scientific work done to map the euphoric religious feelings within the brain. As a result, it's now quite possible to experience 'proximity to God' via a special helmet: 'In a series of studies conducted over the past several decades, Persinger and his team have trained their device on the temporal lobes of hundreds of people. In doing so, the researchers induced in most of them the experience of a sensed presence — a feeling that someone (or a spirit) is in the room when no one, in fact, is — or of a profound state of cosmic bliss that reveals a universal truth. During the three-minute bursts of stimulation, the affected subjects translated this perception of the divine into their own cultural and religious language — terming it God, Buddha, a benevolent presence or the wonder of the universe.""

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...maybe

[renegadesx]

Maybe the "born agains" will shut up now we can re-create these experiences.

Re:Can of worms...

[aichpvee]

The intelligent religious people will rightly say that it proves nothing- perhaps this is the API God uses to create those experiences.

There you go again! Why are you crazy people always making up imaginary creatures!

While this type of device is nothing new (why is it on /., did anyone read the article to see what's new here?), it proves everything that we already know. All of your thoughts and feelings are created by your brain. So perhaps this is news to you, since you've got it so fucking wrong in your head.