Sorry, Remi, I find that flat statement about "efficacy of prayer" to be psychologically and realistically inept and untrue.

Human experience is rife with our expectations and desires resulting in realities.

Admittedly, huge cities have sprung up from scratch in less than 200 years in the USofA, and I wouldn't try to say that they were particularly expected.

OTOH, great universities have been formed and grown from humble beginnings, even from ?arbitrary confident expectations and some "prayers".

Naturally, the specific unanticipated results may differ from precise aspirations of the founders. Why? Why not? :-)

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Definitions of prayer on the Web:

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in ...

reverent petition to a deity

entreaty: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

a fixed text used in praying

someone who prays to God

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