Researchers, many of them, count and measure things. Here is an example: “Are Christian/religious people poor tippers?” Michael Lynn [pictured here] and Benjamin Katz, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Volume 43, Issue 5, May 2013, pp. 928–935. (Thanks to investigator Dan Griliopoulos for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at Cornell University School of Hotel […]
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Cause and Effect: Avenging Elephants
Fr. Sunil de Silva, of the organization America Needs Fatima, reports what is (to him) almost certainly a case of cause and effect: In July 2008 a severe persecution of Christians broke out in the Indian state of Orissa….The end result saw more than 500 Christians murdered, and thousands of others injured… Recently a strange […]
Christian End Investigations
Despite being blessed with a colourful name, Professor Christian End demonstrates that one can make significant discoveries by looking at unglamorous questions. End, based at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, specialises in exploring the psychology of sports fans. In the year 2009 he blew past his professional competitors, who generally confine their interest to the […]