Balls and Walnuts
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A real Chi Weenie
Not this kind of Chi Weenie.
For this morning’s procrastination, I’ve been drinking up the posts at Neurotopia, a ScienceBlog authored by The Evil Monkey, a neuroscience postdoc. The Evil Monkey has eclectic interests (not unlike yours truly), and has recently written about the Marry Our Daughter website, the effects of bisphenol A exposure, more Intelligent Design idiocy, and the use of statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) to treat Alzheimer’s.
In the linked post, The E-M posts a YouTube video of a Filipino martial arts expert who demonstrates how an ancient ritual makes him invulnerable to injury. Not.
The E-M’s conclusion?
I think we can consider Chi and the like one more debunked philosophical construct. Just because you believe something, that doesn’t make it so. Any nice sharp sword will demonstrate that concept.
Enjoy.
Live blogging tonight, beginning no later than 8 PM PST. See you all there!
D.
