Can you believe in certain things without being religious?

[GaSSPaNiCC]

No your missing the point, research like this is to act as a wake up call, suggesting we may not know as much about as reality as we think. It isn't to disprove any scientific fact, it's to broaden our perspective if anything on phenomena such as the nature of our cosnciousness. Your mixing this with religion, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with religion. The scientist's conducting this research are skeptical, but want to seek the truth about reality without letting any presuppositions affect their judgement.