Je m'interroge: comment les spécialistes de la zozoterie ont-ils mis tant de temps à découvrir une telle mine d'atrappe-gogos ? Leurs diverses facultés psy sont-elles donc si faibles, qu'ils soient passé à côté de ressources si lucratives depuis si longtemps ?
Je me demande aussi comment l'Occident a pu construire des cathédrales sans connaître ces principes "universels" et tellement supérieurs à notre technologie.
Je suspecte que cela est lié au fait que si l'on réunit 20 spécialistes du Feng Shui avec une bibliothèque d'ouvrages spécialisés, ils seraient bien incapables de s'entendre sur la meilleure technique et se serviraient des bouquins pour se battre !
"Enfin, j'espère que les ingénieurs n'en sont pas rendu à prendre le chi pour économiser le béton."
Voire ! puis-je vous suggérer la lecture de la délicieuse page ci-dessous, dont j'ai extrait les premiers paragraphes ?
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/alteng.html
<<A new phenomenon is sweeping the country, gaining the attention of both consumers and manufacturers alike. Increasingly disenchanted with the cold metallic world of modern technology, people are looking closely at more natural alternatives. Collectively called Alternative Engineering ("Alt Eng"), a host of new and old methods are gaining scientific and journalistic respectability.
Alec Waterstone is one such self-styled alternative engineer. He has no degree or formal training in engineering, which, he explains, is an advantage: "My thinking is not limited by mathematics, logic, or any stodgy old mechanistic paradigm. I do not have to pay homage to the likes of Newton or other Western male pedagogues. My complete lack of training frees me to consider unique and innovative solutions to engineering problems, unfettered by the annoying constraints of "reality."
Alec's latest project is a design for a 1200-foot non-suspension bridge. He claims the bridge will be able to span this distance without pylons or overhead suspension, and will be supported only by the ancient art of Feng Shui. "This wisdom, which is thousands of years old, is the art of channeling energy through design and form. This energy can be used to support a 1200-foot bridge, or even larger structures." City planners are intrigued by these designs, becauses such bridges will cost less than half as much as conventionally designed bridges.
Alec is also quick to point out that ancient Chinese documents reveal absolutely no accounts of collapsing suspension bridges. His technique's safety record is, he argues, unparalleled. "How else would it have survived all these years if it didn't work?>>
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