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Hope that title got your attention I was searching for some research articles on Spring Forest Qigong, particularly external Qi healing (or even better, distance healing) to show my dad, who has several serious health issues. I came across this little doozie, published by 'An American Atheist'. One of our esteemed forum members is mentioned. http://anamericanatheist.org/2011/10/29/investigating-woo-spring-forest-qigong-research/ The debunking is half-assed at best. But more interestingly, what's with the fight he's picking? Does being an atheist make one an establishment blowing materialist? I have nothing against criticism and peer review; but like I said, this person is calling evidence 'anecdotal' because it's subjective (and it has to be, by nature of the study and variety of cases treated). I guess I just wanted to gripe a bit at the whole 'skeptic' culture. I don't think I've met any real skeptics who call themselves skeptics. Persons I would call skeptics realize that the mind is the least skeptical of all things. Similarly, most people I've met in awe of their own 'atheist' status are fanatically religious in defending their notion of reality, which they've every reason to believe will be reduced to superstition by the progress of the next 100 years. Sorry if this has been shared before.