A vocational school principal in Central China has egg on her face after it was reported she claimed to have led her students to hatch boiled eggs using their minds.
A vocational school principal in Central China has egg on her face after it was reported she claimed to have led her students to hatch boiled eggs using their minds. In an article published in the June 2020 issue of science journal Pictorial Geography, Guo Ping, principal at Chunlin Education in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, claimed she taught a group of “special students” a “mental energy transmission” technique that turned 40 boiled eggs into raw ones, from which live chicks hatched. Media let loose on the paper, with outlets such as the Xinhua News Agency criticizing Guo and co-author Bai Weiyun for blatantly deceiving the public and spreading pseudoscience. The journal has since suspended publication and local human resources authorities are investigating the school and authors. Some on social media said that training schools looking to make a quick buck with hyped claims seek out willing publications to give them credibility.
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