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Developing a bionic person/ And if it were for the military?

Would I support the development of a “bionic” person and would my view change if it were for a military purpose? Technology has often been developed by the military before reaching the private sector. The internet is the perfect example and like all technology has the potential to be used in constructive or destructive ways. I honestly don’t have a very strong opinion on the development of a bionic person. It has the potential to benefit disabled people and if the option is available and that is the path they choose I support them. With the development of all new technology there is always a cost benefit analysis and if someone is willing to pay for it then I see no problem. The problem is people not technology, although I suppose pro gun supporters use that argument and I couldn’t disagree more. Of course there is the potential to misuse technology, but anything can be misused. Cars, which for the most part benefit us all, despite the environmental costs, are now being used in te...
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How does Human Intent Affect Health?

How does Human Intent Affect Health? Intention affects everything we do in our lives. Without intention we would likely accomplish little. I would drink coffee till noon and listen to the birds if I did not set an intention for my day. Sports teams would lounge on the field. Workers would wander away from their posts leaving production at a stand still. Soldiers would wander from the battlefields to pick flowers from the creek beds, (which wouldn’t be such a bad thing). Without intention we would not achieve goals. If intention is core to even the smallest of goals it seems ridiculous to think that intention would not be important to medicine of all things. I would certainly not want a medical practitioner caring for me who did not have the intention of seeing me well.  How much does intention effect the outcome? I suppose it depends. There are those who work very hard and never become successful and there are those who are successful no matter how little they try. There a...
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Kirilian Photography

 Kirilian photogrpahy The corona discharge phenomena that produces a Kirilian photograph is, “greatly affected by many factors, including the voltage and frequency of the stimulus, the pressure with which a person or object touches the imaging surface, the local humidity around the object being imaged, how well grounded the person or object is, and other local factors affecting the conductivity of the person or object being imaged. Oils, sweat, bacteria, and other ionizing contaminants found on living tissues can also affect the resulting images.” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirlian_photography ).  Why does this rule out the possibility that Kirilian photographs also represent an “aura” or “energy field?” Much of science seeks to explain energy. When did “energy” become a non-scientific word as if the realms of science and “energy” were mutually exclusive? Our emotions change our physiology and our physiology changes our emotions. Everyone feels an energetic diff...
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The Distinction Between Energy Medicine and Trauma Medicine…

The Distinction Between Energy Medicine and Trauma Medicine… The distinction between energy medicine and trauma medicine is an artificial distinction. No one thinks of their car mechanic as performing energy repair on their car and yet that is exactly what they are doing. A car has fuel, which combined with oxygen and a spark produces combustion, which creates energy that moves physical components by which motion is created. A mechanic works on the system by which energy is produced, regulated, and flows, but we only tend to see the mechanism. We see the sludge in the pipe or the broken seal, not the energy itself. The energy itself is not visible, but can be seen in the movement of the parts the way wind is invisible unless we see the leaves blow. In our medicine we don’t see the qi itself, but we see the qi within the movement of the blood or fluids, in material transformation, or in the signs of heat presentation. We do not see heat, we see signs of heat. Just as yin and yang...
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Biophysics and Chinese Medicine

Biophysics and Traditional Chinese Medicine: My inquiry into this question first requires that I understand the meaning of the term biophysics and that which it encompasses. It is a multi-disciplinary field with a broad reach that investigates the underpinnings of biological systems. I have included below some quotes from various websites to help me better understand what differentiates biophysics from other disciplines that investigate our physical and biological world. My initial thought about biophysics and TCM was that any study of our physical world will contribute, even if only indirectly, to my understanding of TCM, which like biophysics is one lens through which to view  and understand natural phenomena. That being said, in a more direct sense, I am less certain about the approach of biophysics as the most effective method for understanding the natural world in a way that is applicable to our medicine.  From what I have gathered thus far, it sounds like biop...
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I know I am a living system because….

I know I am a living system because…. The answer depends on how we define living system. The Living Systems Theory was first proposed by James Grier Miller who suggested that, “by definition, living systems are open, self-organizing systems that have the special characteristics of life and interact with their environment. This takes place by means of information and material-energy exchanges.” It is this exchange that perpetuates the continual regeneration of self as well as the propagation of future generations. Living systems transform material and information from without and produce energy from that process, which continues the cycle of regeneration and exchange. He also points out that living systems share the “essential component of DNA, RNA, protein and some other complex organic molecules that give biological systems their unique properties. These molecules are not synthesized in nature outside cells.”  DNA and RNA are in essence a manual for how to tran...
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