Brain on Fire Tim McCormack, distilled.

Pat Robertson on a leg-press machine

Waldo has already covered Pat Robertson's ridiculous claim to leg-press 2000 lbs, but I saw an AP article this morning inthe Daily Progress that talked about it. They show a picture of what appears to be Pat Robertson working a fully-loaded leg-press machine. I didn't believe it for a second. In fact, upon closer inspection, I noticed that the machine was still in locked position. Don't believe me? Inspect it here yourself.

Image used under fair-use (in this case, research, analysis, or education) from MSNBC article.

Waldo recently posted a link to a story about an intercessory prayer experiment published in the American Heart Journal. I disagree with the conclusions reached by Waldo and others, who claim that the study shows that prayer can have a harmful effect on patients.