A new study by the University of Texas finds that qi gong significantly improves quality-of-life of cancer patients over a control group. As a long-time martial arts practitioner, I have encountered the martial aspects of qi gong first-hand, and one of my great pet peeves is people–whether physicians, martial artists, or whoever–who dismiss it simply …
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IPCC Fifth Report Leaked
This was actually three weeks ago, but this isn’t really a super-topical blog. Apparently, the trend continues of the real world stubbornly refusing to conform to the IPCC’s predictions of catastrophic super-warming and global disaster. This is much in keeping with what I’m currently reading in Heartland Institute’s new report, as well. I’m fighting a …
New Metastudy by Heartland Institute
The State of the Earth’s Terrestrial Biosphere: How is it Responding to Rising Atmospheric CO2 and Warmer Temperatures? I’ve just discovered it, and it’s over 130 pages long. So if you are interested you’ll have to wait for commentary until at least Wednesday. Or, read it yourself and discuss below. I’ll be particularly interested in …
Penn, Science and Religion
“If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a …
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