bindeweede
26th September 2007, 12:33 PM
Quantum Shiatsu
One is accustomed to pseudo-scientific nonsense from quacks. Why is it that people who probably can't even differentiate exp(x), much less understand quantum theory, love to spout this nonsense? No doubt, as usual, it is a matter of making money out of the gullible. Surely they don't really think it means something? Normally it isn't even worth comment, but a correspondent has brought to my attention a particularly zany example of the genre. (http://www.quantumshiatsu.com/pages/about.html).
“It is an approach to bodywork that focuses on the Energetic Body. The Energetic Body is much more expansive than the physical body, though the physical body forms its core.
Quantum Shiatsu developed into a system under the influence of Quantum Physics--in particular, the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics--and its relevance to human healing. By applying quantum principles to shiatsu, contact with faster, more expansive energy became possible. This resulted in the inclusion of chakras as well as meridians into a shiatsu framework.”
The prime exponent of this gobbledygook in the UK seems to be Cliff Andrew, of Norwich (http://www.shiatsucentre.net/V6/welcome/default.asp?UUID=895) Shiatsu centre (photo on right)
http://www.dcscience.net/cliff-andrew.jpg
In the USA you can find similar fantasies from Mike Webster (http://www.dcscience.net/improbable.html#), for example, here (http://www.waveformenergetics.com/Test/English/Pdf%20files/ENERGETIC%20PRINCIPLES%20OF%20SHIATSU.pdf).
The supply of this sort of stuff is almost endless. Ben Goldacre has drawn my attention to another example that is seriously bonkers. Lynne McTaggart writes pseudo-scientific nonsense using language that sounds vaguely like physics -try here (http://www.wddty.co.uk/thefield/noflash/faq.asp) if you can stand it. Do these people really believe that the words they use have any meaning? Or is it all just a callous charade to make money. You'll have to make up your own mind about that.
(FromDC's Improbable Science.)
One is accustomed to pseudo-scientific nonsense from quacks. Why is it that people who probably can't even differentiate exp(x), much less understand quantum theory, love to spout this nonsense? No doubt, as usual, it is a matter of making money out of the gullible. Surely they don't really think it means something? Normally it isn't even worth comment, but a correspondent has brought to my attention a particularly zany example of the genre. (http://www.quantumshiatsu.com/pages/about.html).
“It is an approach to bodywork that focuses on the Energetic Body. The Energetic Body is much more expansive than the physical body, though the physical body forms its core.
Quantum Shiatsu developed into a system under the influence of Quantum Physics--in particular, the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics--and its relevance to human healing. By applying quantum principles to shiatsu, contact with faster, more expansive energy became possible. This resulted in the inclusion of chakras as well as meridians into a shiatsu framework.”
The prime exponent of this gobbledygook in the UK seems to be Cliff Andrew, of Norwich (http://www.shiatsucentre.net/V6/welcome/default.asp?UUID=895) Shiatsu centre (photo on right)
http://www.dcscience.net/cliff-andrew.jpg
In the USA you can find similar fantasies from Mike Webster (http://www.dcscience.net/improbable.html#), for example, here (http://www.waveformenergetics.com/Test/English/Pdf%20files/ENERGETIC%20PRINCIPLES%20OF%20SHIATSU.pdf).
The supply of this sort of stuff is almost endless. Ben Goldacre has drawn my attention to another example that is seriously bonkers. Lynne McTaggart writes pseudo-scientific nonsense using language that sounds vaguely like physics -try here (http://www.wddty.co.uk/thefield/noflash/faq.asp) if you can stand it. Do these people really believe that the words they use have any meaning? Or is it all just a callous charade to make money. You'll have to make up your own mind about that.
(FromDC's Improbable Science.)