I would be skeptical too, except I have directly felt qi in demonstrations and the force feels similar to the repulsive force between two weak magnets.
OP discusses a natural phenomenon that was previously overlooked. I think it’s worth keeping an open mind on other phenomena that have yet to be studied thoroughly.
I am, for my sins, what's called a "Reiki Master Level III" (and yes I feel foolish stating that "out loud" as it were.) I am also a rational materialist and, while not actually a scientist myself, I count among my heroes such people as Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov both noted scientists and skeptics of "woo".
Whatever "chi" is it is very much real in the same way that electricity and gravity are real. However, it doesn't register on electrostatic instruments, at least those I've tried.
That's all I've got.
Please stop saying it's not real because that's both wrong and regressive. The sooner we "do science to it" the better.
I’ve always suspected that the qi that can be felt when practicing qigong is an electric field.
No such thing.
I would be skeptical too, except I have directly felt qi in demonstrations and the force feels similar to the repulsive force between two weak magnets.
OP discusses a natural phenomenon that was previously overlooked. I think it’s worth keeping an open mind on other phenomena that have yet to be studied thoroughly.
That would be extremely simple to demonstrate with an electrostatic field meter.
Why do you think noone has done it before?
Item: there is something there.
Item: it is not electrostatic
I am, for my sins, what's called a "Reiki Master Level III" (and yes I feel foolish stating that "out loud" as it were.) I am also a rational materialist and, while not actually a scientist myself, I count among my heroes such people as Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov both noted scientists and skeptics of "woo".
Whatever "chi" is it is very much real in the same way that electricity and gravity are real. However, it doesn't register on electrostatic instruments, at least those I've tried.
That's all I've got.
Please stop saying it's not real because that's both wrong and regressive. The sooner we "do science to it" the better.
Yes you are right