Scientific Research?

李嗣涔 got involved in some research that related to extra-sensory perception, especially finger viewing (手指識字). I watched his seminars (two video clips) & found that his method of research is not scientific at all. Especially some of his conclusions are shocking & wonder how he can get away that kind of conclusions without the scrutiny of scientific societies. It also raises a question how he can publish the paper without some peer reviewing. What is going on in NTU & its EE Department?

It is not uncommon for a scientist to do research related to something supernatural. You can do “大胆的假設”. But before you reach some conclusions, you had better do “小心的求証”. 李嗣涔’s research is filled with holes & false claims. The following are some of them.

He proposeed there is a field “信息場” & it leads to “靈異世界”.
But he never defines exactly what it is, let alone to prove it. What is the unit of the field strength & how does he measures it? It sounds like the good old "Ether" again.

He believes the story that a person who made a dream & got the whole copy of “数学考題” in 大專联考.
How can he verify that this person is not lying? This is simply the faith as if you believe some miracle.

地震就是陰陽不順的結果.
I don’t know what he is talking about. If this is true, who needs geology?

氣是宇宙最基本的物貭. 生命的產生是道器的交互作用所產生的.
This statement is very “玄”. I don’t know how he can say this after he learned all those basic particles in physics. The way he defines 氣 is really pseudo scientific.

古書,武俠小說並沒有騙我們
This statement is a joke. If you believe what 武俠小說 says, you live in some fantasy world. Researchers need imagination but not fantasy.

1990年,嚴新氣功在北京体育場有一場盛會,全場鬼哭神號,大家跳舞. 一些有慢性病的人就治好了,連他們的家人也跟著好轉.
李嗣涔 don't think the whole thing was a fake. This reminds me of the movie “Elmer Gantry (by Sinclair Lewis)”. There was a scene that Sharon Falconer, the evangelist was doing healing & all bunch of people got crazy & dancing.

'道'就是西方的宗教.
道 has never been defined precisely. I assume this '道' is from 道德經. Then 道 is like Nature. How can it be equivalent to 西方的宗教? His research mixes up supernatural stuff with religion & science.

氣功是一种生理狀態,完全可以用科学儀器去測量.
This is a claim never explained & has no substance. What is the unit & how he measures it? Which 科学儀器 was used?

Finger Viewing or remote viewing lead to 光的訊息 & 宗教字眼.
My comment on this is: 我胡思乱想,故我胡乱存在.

高橋武,最厲害的小妹妹,她是非常穩定的实驗者(手指識字 & remote viewing),consistent, 從來没出过錯.
It has been found that 高橋武 was cheating in some of her show. Also the condition of the show was totally controlled by her mother. There is no scientific proof that she can do 手指識字 most of the time. Yet 李嗣涔 keeps using her example in his research data & paper.

佛, Buddha, 耶穌,一片亮光,信息場像是網路的世界.
Some one did 手指識字 on some words like 佛 or 耶穌, he saw 一片亮光 in his brain. 李嗣涔 believes him & draws some conclusion that borders absurdity.

所有宗教都告訢你有一個另外的世界存在. 另外那個世界是存在的. 宗教是科学的基礎.
I don’t know how he reaches this conclusion. There is no proof, no logical reasoning that I can see to lead to this conclusion. 李嗣涔 sounds like the Pope in Vatican. But the Pope doesn’t need to spend more than ten years & large amount of money to reach this conclusion. To him this is his faith. But faith is not science. I am very disappointed that we have this kind of research in our EE Department. I am equally ashamed & embarrassed that we have a 校長 like 李嗣涔 in NTU.