The Daily Telegraph reports on a Canadian scientist who has developed a gadget which stimulates the temporal lobe in such a way that the wearer will experience mystical hallucinations. The gadget is based on research indicating that some religious mystics may have actually been suffering from a neurological disorder called temporal lobe epilepsy.
The Telegraph had him try it out on militant atheist Richard Dawkins.
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Posted by jeffy at March 27, 2003 07:18 PM