[meteorite-list] Stop Naysaying! (Was: Try divining rods over a large iron)

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:06:48 -0700
Message-ID: <4CB7D358.9070003_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Hi Darren, I'd like to say first off that I don't subscribe to dowsing.

I do like your logic. But, what IF one of the variables you eliminate
has a direct negative effect on the conclusion?

Also, I like your testing method. Though maybe a plastic rail might work
better than metal wire, and there is some flex over a span of distance
in the wire which could cause unwanted movement. Also, aren't wires
metal? Wouldn't that variable effect the results of finding metal with
the dowsing rods?

I know this is kind of silly, but, if we're to find an iron meteorite
with dowsing rods, I would think the entire experiment area needs to be
metal-sterile. Or am I wrong?

Eric


On 10/14/2010 3:32 PM, Darren Garrison wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:14:05 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
>> So, I made myself a pair from wire clothes hanger,
>> following Warren's instructions and went out to my
>> side yard. My front and back yard are compeltely cemented
>> over. I made it out about 3 feet and the rods crossed over.
>> WTH!! I doubled back and they crossed over at the same spot!
>> I walked over the entire yard and came back at the same
>> spot. Yep, they crossed over! I can't wait till my sons
>> come home so they repeat this experiment.
>>
> To have a truly objective test, I'd propose the construction of some sort of rig
> that holds rods (which are precisely straight and bent to exactly 90 degrees)
> exactactly perpendicular to the surface, then moved at a slow, steady, speed in
> a precisely level track. Some sort of powered, rolling device with good shock
> absorbers, or something machine-guided across level, tight wires. In other
> words, a setup that precludes any twitches, movements out of level, changes in
> accelration, or any other subconcious factors that would cause a low-friction
> system to move and can't be eliminated by a human holding it. A "real"
> experiment attempts to eliminate all variables execpt for the one variable being
> tested for-- in this case, testing for movement caused by buried objects and NOT
> by movement on the part of the person (or machine) holding the rods.
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