One of my favourite topics is "research into the bleeding obvious". This is where precious research dollars are spent proving something that Blind Freddy either already knew or could have worked out for free.
It took a combined US and Australian team of psychologists to determine that "people subconsciously project their own views on controversial issues onto God" and thus God's views come to reflect those of his/her worshipers. You don't say?
Personal Jesus. Amen.
Source: smh.com.au - http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/god-as-it-turns-out-looks-a-lot-like-you-20091201-k3xe.html
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I just saw one of these on TV - scientific research into the bleeding obvious. On TV, it was reported that scientists had dsicovered that memory and dreams are intimately linked. Wow! Maybe for their next research project they'll try to discover what that intimate link might be...
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