Quiz answers - first two questions
This information is the first in the series of articles answering the feng shui IQ quiz.
Feng shui is based on astronomy and topography.
False.
But it was a trick question.The astronomy part is true. The people at Banpo built houses so that when the constellation Yingshi was overhead (just after the winter solstice), it aligned with their front doors.
You don’t have to have a map of the neighborhood to do that. You just need to know some basic astronomy and how to make marks on the ground.
According to the dictionary, topography is “the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.”
There is no evidence that anyone in Banpo had a map.
You can learn more about the fascinating archaeology of feng shui by visiting Great Moments in the History of Feng Shui.
Feng shui agrees with modern physics (physical laws, energy, thermodynamics, probability, waves, quantum mechanics, etc.).
True.
True.
However, the fact that feng shui does agree with modern physics is going to upset a lot of people. It means the death of their pet beliefs.
Energy
Feng shui people don’t seem to play golf or billiards. That would help them have a better understanding why feng shui does not defy basic laws of physics. They would stop using “energy” as an explanation for everything.
There is no “vibrational energy” in some universal, mystical cosmic soup. Any energy can be measured if it is actually there.
If a feng shui person claims to be exploiting some kind of “energy” with feng shui but can’t explain how their energy is measured, you are talking to a con artist.
“But it is quantum physics,” they often insist, as if this answer is enough to stop your prying. “That cannot be measured.”
Oh, really?
Quantum mechanics theory works at the atomic level and smaller, at a size most people simply cannot imagine: 0.000000000000000000000000000000000016 meters. This is a scale where quantum fluctuations in the fabric of spacetime theoretically become enormous. This is so small humans cannot see obvious signs of the effects of quantum gravity (non-Newtonian gravity).
So how is it that feng shui people claim to work with quantum mechanics? They will try to convince you with a lot of babble about “vibrations,” and odd explanations that are more about what Deepak Chopra claims is quantum mechanics than real quantum mechanics.
