chi qi monkey,dillman,karate,hypnotism National Geographic debunks martial arts' Chi

National Geographic debunks martial arts' Chi

posted by oohahh

3 years 1 month ago • 946 views

tags: chi qi monkey, dillman, karate, hypnotism

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Do we really need this debunked? Anyone with a IQ above that of a chair could see this is a bunch of BS.

written by Goofball_Jones | 3 years 1 month ago | CH

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Nope, there's actually a huge number of people who believe this kinda bullshido. *flag waving* Check out bullshido.net if you don't believe me.

written by rembar

| 3 years 1 month ago | CH

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All talk of whether it's BS aside, why is this being trumpeted as fully 'debunking' it?!? So the self-titled 'chi-master' couldn't perform his trick once. Once. Wait, should I say it again? Once.

All this makes the scientist used in the film look like a quack. I mean... they just present the theory that the only reason these people are being knocked out is that they're under hypnotic suggestion and then show that there exists at least one person in the entire human race who might be immune to such hypnotic suggestion. A subject pool of one. Now that's science at it's best.

No wonder people believe the Bush administration when they 'debunk' Global Warming.

written by iaui

| 3 years 1 month ago | CH

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Hilarious.

written by buggytobenot

| 3 years 1 month ago | CH

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So then when the entire line moves as a result of toe-guy pushing them with his 'chi' that's part of some 'laughable idiocy'? I mean, even if what is happening here is just hypnotic suggestion, it's still powerful. If you could learn to knock someone out by using hypnotic suggestion rather than actually attacking them phsyically, wouldn't you? Or, at least have that in your arsenal, and use physical force as a backup when that human is immune?

I realize the explanations made up by toe-guy seem totally fanciful, and I bet they are, but he seems to have an ability that I have never seen before, regardless of his explanation. Unless the whole thing is faked, which the video doesn't seem to be trying to prove...

written by iaui

| 3 years 1 month ago | CH

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Hey, I have this rock and it keeps away tigers. It works by sending out invisible waves which tigers hate. And the waves can't be measured by any scientific device. I don't see any tigers around, so it must be working. And just because one tiger comes around doesn't mean my rock doesn't keep tigers away. My rock doesn't work if the tiger's tongue is in the wrong position.

And David Copperfield? Real magician using real magic.

written by Gervaise | 3 years 1 month ago | CH

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Another similar claim made by "The Human Stun Gun"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdrzBL2dHMI

You can just google human stun gun if the above link doesn't work.

written by ChosenOne | 3 years 4 weeks ago | CH

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okay, coming from an asian's mouth. Chi' is bullsh*t

the whole thing is 2000 years old. why are these rednecks recycling our garbage?

written by legacy0100

| 3 years 4 weeks ago | CH

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iaui said: "why is this being trumpeted as fully 'debunking' it?!? So the self-titled 'chi-master' couldn't perform his trick once. Once. Wait, should I say it again? Once."

This is just a clip from a full-length broadcast - it sounded cut off at the end. I should hope there was more debunking. Perhaps if someone could Tivo the repeat and report back?

written by oohahh

| 3 years 4 weeks ago | CH

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Can we remove the karate tag please. If anything it should be kung fu seeing as that is one of the martial arts that actually relies on chi. The closest you get in karate is the kiai, which is a shout to focus yourself and to scare your opponent.

I hate it when anything remotely related to martial arts gets a "karate" tag.

written by cobalt | 3 years 4 weeks ago | CH

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Everyone agrees that the human mind has an interesting relationship with the world around it. The chemist shows that the power of suggestion only works with someone predisposed to believing that you can be knocked out by being spiritually zapping. Interesting, toe-guys "attacks" actually might work only on other practitioners and beleivers of this art... I feel confident that defending himself with his touchless art wouldn't even cross his mind if toe-guy were about to be mugged on the street by a crackhead.

Oh, and much like breaking boards with an air-gap between them, pushing people who are lined up and touching one another is a simple and old show-off tool; try it out, especially if other participants have their legs and arms set straight... its just like pushing the first dude, as long as they're touching one another. Kinetic energy!!!

written by bamdrew

| 3 years 3 weeks ago | CH

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*dead

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