The Nobel Prize is a five-year-old prize established by the chemist and entrepreneur Nobel in 1895, including the Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature Prize, to recognize those who have "made the greatest contribution" to humanity in physics, chemistry, peace, physiology or medicine, as well as literature. In 1968, the Nobel Prize in Economics was added to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of economics. Peace prizes, literary prizes, and economics prizes belong to social sciences, and the evaluation criteria are not uniform, while physics prizes, chemistry prizes, physiology or medicine prizes belong to the field of natural sciences, so there is little controversy. Among them, the chemistry prize tends to be applied, and the physics prize and the physiology or medicine prize are inclined to basic research.
In yesterday's article "Zhang Shuangnan Believes That Black Holes Have No Singularities, If They Confirm to Win the Nobel Prize in Physics", I introduced Zhang Shuangnan, a researcher at the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on the innovative research work on the properties of black holes. At present, Zhang Shuangnan's theory has not been verified by astronomical observations, and once it is verified, it will definitely win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Researcher Zhang Shuangnan is a researcher who has studied physics, especially cosmology. Physics was a hot topic, so high in the natural sciences that Rutherford said confidently that all science, either physics or stamp collecting. The implication is that all natural disciplines end up in physics, and everything else is similar to the "taxonomy" of naturalists collecting butterfly specimens. Of course, with the current situation, this is still very early. At least in the field of physiology or medicine, although physics has also established a close relationship with it, such as the use of some special materials and the use of physical principles of detection methods, in general, physiology or medicine is still a relatively independent discipline.
Researcher Zhang Shuangnan
On December 10, 1901, on the 5th anniversary of Nobel's death, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was first publicly awarded. Receiving this honor was Dr. Behring of Germany, who was recognized for his outstanding achievements in the study of serological methods. His research involves human blood albumin.
Chinese first contact with the Nobel Prize in Physics or Medicine was with Woollend. The process of nominating a Nobel Prize requires 50 years of confidentiality, so many nominees do not know the inside story themselves. According to declassified information later released, Wu Liande, a pioneer of modern Chinese medicine and the founder of China's quarantine industry, was once on the list of candidates for the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine that year for his outstanding achievements in the practice and research of plague prevention and control in Northeast China. It was also the closest Chinese to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine before 2015. Unfortunately, in that year, Woollend did not win the prize. In 1935, Hans Spemann, a scientist at the University of Freiburg in Germany, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine that year for discovering the organizer effect in embryonic development. When I was trying to say it, Woollender's scientific discoveries were no less than his. It wasn't until 2015 that Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine as a Chinese researcher for her contribution to the study of artemisinin in modern medicine. So far, only Tu Youyou, a Chinese scientist, has won the award. Ding Zhaozhong, a Chinese-American scientist, once said that China's population accounts for a quarter of the world's population, so Chinese contribution to science should also account for a quarter. But that goal is still far from being achieved. Therefore, we need to continue to work hard and continue to struggle.
Tu Youyou
My personal opinion is that there is actually a Chinese scientist in china whose achievements have reached the criteria for nomination for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Zhang Honglin, a professor, researcher, doctoral supervisor of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and director of the Qigong Research Office, has fully reached the level of winning the Nobel Prize. He was a great tactician, scientist, thinker, and social activist. I didn't say it casually. Why is Professor Zhang Honglin's scientific research able to win the Nobel Prize? There are the following reasons:
Professor Zhang Honglin is the world's earliest professional researcher to intervene in the field of traditional medicine with modern scientific means, he has both the first-class level of Chinese and Western medicine, achieved integration, and conducted professional research on the scientific principles of "Qigong" with the concepts and methods of modern medicine. Professor Zhang Honglin's research on "acupuncture" and "meridians" is also very important, and his academic achievements are the authoritative level of the academic community, but his research on Qigong is the most important, which can be called the only step in the sea.
As we all know, qigong in ancient times was called "guiding technique", which is a cultivation method with national characteristics and mystical colors. Even Wang Yangming has practiced, see "Sage Wang Yangming: I have practiced Qigong, Qigong is the wrong way of cultivation." This mystique is layered and continues to this day, with a very powerful influence. This influence has long been not limited to our Chinese, but has also had a great impact on foreigners. For example, the former president of the United States once received "qigong" treatment. But because we didn't understand how Qigong works before, many people give it all kinds of personal explanations. These explanations are often not scientific and experimental, and have a strong color of mysticism and pseudoscience, which has a great negative impact on the healthy development of Chinese society and culture. As a result of these erroneous superstitious explanations, a large number of "qigong masters" have emerged in society who have been deceived under the banner of erroneous theories, causing huge hidden dangers to the health of the masses of the people. There is also the spontaneous creation of some new "Qigong Gong Methods" by some people, which are very popular among the masses. Because these exercises can easily induce psychological hallucinations at the spiritual level of people, a little carelessness will lead to deviations in practice, so it has caused a large number of cases of self-harm, madness, and harm to others, which has seriously affected social stability.
These are just the skin pains of the country. The most serious thing is that because no one can accurately define the essential principles of Qigong before, the various idealistic and pseudo-scientific Qigong theories that have been filled in have seriously paralyzed and distorted the thinking of many people, making them close to the anti-scientific movement. There are at least hundreds of millions of people in China who do not understand the true scientific principles of Qigong, but they obsessively believe that Qigong has the miraculous effect of "super-science" and "scientific explanation", and under the misleading interpretation of pseudo-Qigong theory, they will impose these erroneous things into the traditional Chinese cultural ideology, resulting in The Chinese cultural genes becoming more and more distant from modern science. Whether a country can develop sustainably and healthily depends on the advancement of social organizations and the continuous progress of scientific development. The most important task in realizing scientific development is to rejuvenate the country through science and education. However, if the country's cultural genes become cancerous, it will seriously hinder the realization of the strategic goal of rejuvenating the country through science and education. The vast majority of people are superstitious about the "strange power and chaos" of pseudo-qigong and slander science as "low-level", can this society still respect science? Naturally, it will also have a negative impact on the scientific development of mankind.
Qigong fever in the 1980s
It can be said that the degree of development of a country's science and technology and scientific civilization determines the upper limit of the country's development. The degree of interference of idealism and pseudoscience in this country on the development of science determines the lower limit of national development.
The inability to give a reasonable scientific explanation of Qigong and the various idealistic and pseudo-scientific trends of thought brought about by qigong are the lowest level in Chinese culture and the factors that cause the greatest destructive power. Human bodies suffer from diseases that can be treated by modern medical means. And if there is a disease at the spiritual and cultural level of people, a strong and effective scientific program is needed to intervene, otherwise everyone is a "mentally ill man", how far can this country go? If all human beings are such "mentally ill men", how far can human civilization go?
To find this strong and effective scientific solution, we must first thoroughly understand what the working principle of Qigong is. It is necessary to give a complete and scientific explanation of all kinds of miracles, legends, and subjective experiences of individuals in society. This kind of scientific research work is of great significance, but the process is also extremely arduous. There is no ancient experience to learn from, because they do not have the knowledge and professional ability of Chinese and Western medicine. The scientific researchers who can complete such a heavy task are tantamount to having the great courage not to superstitious authority, but also have a clear mind, profound literary history and scientific knowledge, rigorous logical reasoning logic, superb scientific experimental means, super strong ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood, understand medicine, psychology and all kinds of tricks to deceive the eyes, but also know how to compare and analyze judgments, and can quickly sort out the context in various magic performances, subjective experiences and confusing illusions. They are fighting against the most stubborn and powerful idealistic forces in human society. The leader of these scientific researchers is Professor Zhang Honglin.
Professor Zhang Honglin, Director of Qigong Research Office
Professor Zhang Honglin relies on his rich professional knowledge and experience, as well as various experimental means, to continuously learn new knowledge in research, and after more than 50 years of scientific research work, he finally has a clear research conclusion on the working principle of Qigong. Such scientific conclusions stand any test and represent that the intellectual community has finally conquered the mystery that has plagued mankind for thousands of years. Professor Zhang Honglin proved with a large number of experimental cases that Qigong is a kind of psychological therapy with national characteristics and "pranayama into meditation" as the core. Such scientific research results, which are based on rigorous medicine and physiology, have great positive guiding significance for breaking people's superstitious thinking, purifying the miasma of black smoke, and treating the stubborn diseases of "mentally ill men", and are a great victory in scientific practice. Because Professor Zhang Honglin's research results have once again proved that the laws of nature and scientific norms are precisely guiding the operation of the world, there is no so-called "supernatural" and "law outside science" in the world. It also has practical significance for guiding qigong or metaphysical enthusiasts to "prevention and treatment". From the perspective of psychological contributions alone, the significance of Professor Zhang Honglin's research on qigong is a great contribution to mankind, which can be called the Nobel Prize level. What's more, it also involves a broader medical and physiological level, which is to crack a common physiological phenomenon from a basic dimension, which is consistent with the purpose of the Nobel Prize.
Professor Zhang Honglin's research on Qigong is of such great significance to the country, and it is not limited to one country, he has also gone to the world. Because of his outstanding contributions in this field, the World Health Organization has also solemnly hired him as an international Qigong consultant, so that he can use his professional strengths to guide Qigong practitioners around the world to take the right path more safely and not fall astray. And the validity of his research results is almost infinitely long. Dr. Wu Liande saved the lives of millions of people in the prevention and control of plague in Northeast China, which can be described as a long blessing, and the guidance of Professor Zhang's research can continue forever. In this sense, it is a great contribution to mankind.
The reason why I think professor Zhang Honglin's scientific research has the level of a Nobel Prize stems from his practical contributions to human groups. It is a pity that there are no referees just because the number of professional researchers in this field of research is too rare. But history will not be forgotten. Even if he hadn't won a Nobel Prize, he was a true "uncrowned king."
Darwin
As the first person to study qigong at home and abroad, Professor Zhang Honglin is not afraid of any difficulties, let alone various challenges and even personal threats. When the biologist Darwin single-handedly challenged the traditional authority of the entire Christian world, Professor Zhang faced almost no less difficulties in recent years than Darwin at that time. But fortunately, Professor Zhang has trained a group of high-quality doctoral students for the country, and the disciples have made great achievements in the field of psychology and medicine, and many of them have become independent and have already occupied a place in the international community. This is another contribution of his.
Author: Skeptical Explorer