[lbo-talk] The Straight Dope: Dowsing and the ideomotor response

[W. Kiernan]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
>
> While we're on the subject of mass delusions, the ideomoter response
> described here:
>
> http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/159/does-dowsing-for-water-really-work
>
> is extremely cool.  I always promised myself I'd read more about it but
> never did.  It seems to explains a lot.

What it doesn't explain is how I have repeatedly found buried water
lines with a couple bent pieces of wire where there was no visible
clue above the ground.

yrs wdk