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In Reply to: Who is right? It is easier to point out who is wrong. posted by justacoder on February 8, 2007 at 18:34:42:
we're closed minded?
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Before I got addicted to computers, I was going to do my physics thesis on 'Chi', the force that numerous martial arts call upon to exert great force when needed. Not so much to figure out what it was but to try and prove its existance.There are lots of things experienced by lots of people that we understand hardly at all - things that could actually be measured if there was money in it.
> I was going to do my physics thesis on 'Chi', the force that numerous martial arts call upon to exert great force when needed. Not so much to figure out what it was but to try and prove its existance. <And were you successful? Unfortunately, it's been a mixed bag for me. I've never found one of those masters that upon summoning his Chi could not be moved by pushing, like I've read about and seen demos on tv. On the other hand, I have seen some demonstrations using strength that might be considered Chi.
... I had found a way to put my passion for computing to good use in the PC revolution. So much for physics. I love to do theoretical research, but it more or less requires that I be a professor, and at that time spending the rest of my life in school was not what I wanted to do.Perhaps Chi is one of those many things that is shy, and shrinks up when being measured.......?
But regarding Chi I am probably in the same place as you - and, although I *think* I feel something sometimes, it is not as substantive nor repeatable as, oh, my ability to hear differences in cables for example. :-)
...slow down to a crawl? If so... how do you measure those?While never particularly athletic in my life, a few years ago I found myself able to catch the stuff that I sometimes drop, and what I've noticed seems to be an expansion of time that allows me to do the swoop and catch in an orderly and effective manner.
I know the Russians have been working on this...
...that after 25+ years of studying martial arts, I have none... whatever it is!> it is not as substantive nor repeatable as, oh, my ability to hear differences in cables for example. :-) <
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