In my opinion, there exists a prima facie case that many of the phenomena associated with that special energy the Chinese call Qi are real. They are deeply interesting and, therefore, they invite, indeed require, investigation by Western science. Science has been the eyes, the beacon of Western culture for several hundred years. These scientific eyes cannot close. It is time for science to test the waters of the East, to open itself, if ever so slightly, to the phenomena of the manifestations of Qi.
Nothing is lost if no such phenomena can be reproduced in a scientific context.
Much is gained, a whole new world, if one can.