[HN Gopher] The World of Electrostatic Ecology
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       The World of Electrostatic Ecology
        
       Author : EA-3167
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2024-10-01 14:43 UTC (5 days ago)
        
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       | divbzero wrote:
       | I've always suspected that the _qi_ that can be felt when
       | practicing _qigong_ is an electric field.
        
         | meindnoch wrote:
         | No such thing.
        
           | divbzero wrote:
           | 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.
        
             | day2punk wrote:
             | Yes you are right
        
             | meindnoch wrote:
             | That would be extremely simple to demonstrate with an
             | electrostatic field meter.
             | 
             | Why do you think noone has done it before?
        
               | carapace wrote:
               | 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.
        
             | pvaldes wrote:
             | The reason to not believe on fairy tales is having an open
             | mind. Don't make us lose our time.
        
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