Posted in Martial Arts, Opinion, Science, Video, tagged chi, iron skin, karate, ki, Martial Arts, runners high, running, Science, skepticism on March 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A reader sent me an e-mail with a link to a video of a karate stylist vs. a “chi master”. I presume it was in response to this post. In it I make the comment that I’d like to see a chi or ki master go up against a MMA fighter. Well the video that [...]
Posted in Martial Arts, Opinion, Science, tagged Bertrand Russell, Celestial Teapot, chi, critical thinking, ki, Michael Shermer, paranormal, Philosophy, Richard Dawkins, Science, skeptic, Skeptic's Society, skepticism on March 2, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Martial Development has an interesting post on James Randi. I’m not weighing in on Randi but I will weigh on the myth that you cannot prove a negative. From MD:
They cannot hope to prove a negative, that no “paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event” exists…
Here’s the comment I left over there. I thought it [...]
Posted in Eastern Thought, Martial Arts, Opinion, Science, tagged chi, information literacy, ki, Martial Arts, pseudoscience, skepticism, skeptics science on February 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Martial Development is running a feature in their Qigong Energy Arts Forum that challenges skeptics to examine chi.
Naturally, since I teach a type of critical thinking in the material world, I had to provide a skeptical perspective. It looks like Chris featured my article and many other articles follow it.
I’m very interested to read some [...]
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