Question

Hello and blessings, Rabbi,
I read part of your article about prayer and scientific experiments, and I have a few questions…
I saw there in the article the example of the ravens, used to illustrate the principle that there is an asymmetry here in the research, since when the experiment fails it proves nothing, but when the experiment works it confirms the effect of prayer…
1. I do not understand why there is no theological conclusion here…
After all, it is not that we are checking people one by one and seeing whether their prayer was answered…
Rather, we are testing in an experiment with a large number of people, so that once we find an experiment in which there is no difference between the experimental group and the control group, that supposedly shows that the prayers of all the people in that experiment had no effect…
2. I do not understand why a positive result confirms anything…
After all, even if you argue that supposedly in a case where prayer has no effect, then apparently in this specific experiment there participated people whose prayers God did not accept, the atheist can likewise come and argue that the positive result in favor of those for whom people prayed is completely random, and perhaps in another instance the result would be the opposite…
3. I saw the study by Sheinfeld that the Rabbi presents there, where there is a completely positive result for prayer. I would like to ask the Rabbi what the overall picture of the research on this topic is, because I saw on Wikipedia a picture being presented that prayers are not effective. Since I am not familiar with research sites and do not speak English, I would be happy to know what the overall picture is…

Please, if possible, I would appreciate an answer that properly covers the topic. Personally, I feel that since I was exposed to this issue, I have not been able to pray with proper intention, because the matter is disturbing my peace of mind.

Thank you