[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

From: Jeffrey Shallit <elvis_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:37:35 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <201010171537.o9HFbZ1O023669_at_graceland.math.uwaterloo.ca>

> From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
>
> I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as a type of
> superstition. According to my conviction this is, however, unjustified. The
> dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the reaction of the human
> nervous system to certain factors which are unknown to us at this time.
> - Albert Einstein
>
> --------------------
> Phil Whitmer

I'm skeptical that Einstein ever said this. I have just searched the
Einstein archive at

http://www.alberteinstein.info/

for the word "dowsing" and did not find a single hit.

Maybe he said it, but without a real citation with date and page number,
or a facsimile of the letter - I'm very dubious.
Received on Sun 17 Oct 2010 11:37:35 AM PDT