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

[Jeffrey Fisher]

micheal was imprecise, providing the opportunity for unnecessary confusion
(esp if you haven't read the article ;-). adams notes that "The success rate
for diviners is about the same as that for people who use the hit-and-miss
method when looking for water," and, later, "I lived in Tucson for a spell
and they had gotten well-digging down to such a science that the success
rate approached 100 percent.Even over complex hydrological formations, the
success rate by the hit-and-miss method is often as high as 75 percent."

so it's not that you don't have to look. just that basic techniques having
nothing to do with rods and everything to do with plant life, topography,
and so on, are at least as effective as dowsing, and probably in fact
contribute (unconsciously) to the successes of dowsers.

the worst part is at the end, though:

"If you want more information on this ridiculous art, most libraries have
lots of books on the subject--right next to the section on tarot cards."

o noes! he disseded teh tarotz!

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:


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> Then why do people have to search for it in the first place?
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> --- On Fri, 9/11/09, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
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> > Actually it does: (a) your odds of hitting buried water are
> > between 75% and 100% no matter where you drill;
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