The proposed protocol works with the idea that a blinded test person should distinguish between the QiGong Master and a "dud". I think that there is to great a risk that the "dud" (dude?) will move in different ways from the QiGong man, like for instance, moving closer than the QiGong man, or not moving as close, moving faster, or not so fast, and that the test person can sense this.
What if the QiGong master is instructed to fill both roles? So that he will use his QiGong "energy" soem of the time and not on other times (as determined randomly just before each trial). The problem will now move to preventing the test person to pick up clues as to whether the QiGong man is using QiGong or not, but I think it could be limited greatly if the test person is not just blinded but is also listnening to music in ear phones. When there is only a single person approaching the test person, differences in body temperature, and movements will not be of importance, and if he makes the same movements (as can be documented on video), the test person cannot know which set of movements are the right ones, even if he makes slight differences when using QiGong or not.
The worst situation would be when the test person can feel a difference (that is not paranormal), and so makes a guess as to whether there is QiGong at work or not. But this situation is not different from when there are two persons involved: here the test person can also make a guess as to which of the two is using QiGong.
I simply think that it will be more difficult to distinguish if there is only the single QiGong master involved.
But of course it all depends on whether the QiGong master thinks he can hold back his abilities at will or if the QiGong will flow whenever he is doing the same kind of movements!
What if the QiGong master is instructed to fill both roles? So that he will use his QiGong "energy" soem of the time and not on other times (as determined randomly just before each trial). The problem will now move to preventing the test person to pick up clues as to whether the QiGong man is using QiGong or not, but I think it could be limited greatly if the test person is not just blinded but is also listnening to music in ear phones. When there is only a single person approaching the test person, differences in body temperature, and movements will not be of importance, and if he makes the same movements (as can be documented on video), the test person cannot know which set of movements are the right ones, even if he makes slight differences when using QiGong or not.
The worst situation would be when the test person can feel a difference (that is not paranormal), and so makes a guess as to whether there is QiGong at work or not. But this situation is not different from when there are two persons involved: here the test person can also make a guess as to which of the two is using QiGong.
I simply think that it will be more difficult to distinguish if there is only the single QiGong master involved.
But of course it all depends on whether the QiGong master thinks he can hold back his abilities at will or if the QiGong will flow whenever he is doing the same kind of movements!
