[meteorite-list] OT: Dowsing is real, but exoplanets are dubious?!
From: Steve Witt <stelor96_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:12:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <695905.1082.qm_at_web56404.mail.re3.yahoo.com> OH MY GOD!! We need a meteorite fall somewhere, NOW!! Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://imca.cc/ --- On Sun, 10/17/10, Michael Fowler <mqfowler at mac.com> wrote: > From: Michael Fowler <mqfowler at mac.com> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Dowsing is real, but exoplanets are dubious?! > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > Cc: "Michael Fowler" <mqfowler at mac.com> > Date: Sunday, October 17, 2010, 8:03 PM > Phil, > > Am I missing something here?? You say the devices work > at detecting bombs in Iraq.? I suppose that means that > no more bombs are getting by Iraqi checkpoints..... > > I wonder do we live in the same world? > > Mike Fowler > > PS? It's not so much a matter of doubting the dowsers, > as being amazed at the arguments they put forth > > > > Hi Mike, > > I think the point of the article is relevant to what's > being discussed > > here. People that know for scientific reasons that > dowsing doesn't work, > > can't dowse because it won't work for them. Dowsing > only works for the > > ignorant like myself and dumb construction workers and > plumbers. The Iraqis > > believe in these devices and they work for them. And > we're talking about > > life or death here, surely the devices work, they're > staking their life on > > them. The experts make the exact same arguments in the > article that I've > > heard hear. Scientific test show the devices give no > better than random > > results, etc. etc. Everybody keeps telling them they > don't work, when > > obviously the Iraqis know that they do work, otherwise > they'd be getting > > blown up. Unless the Iraqis are so dumb, they're > getting blown up, yet still > > insist on using the dowsers. If that was the case, > surely the article would > > have reported it. This is the NY Times after all. I > like at the end of the > > article where the naysayer can't get the dowser to > work, but it works > > perfectly for the believer. It's like that Monty > Python episode where > > everybody has to believe in the apartment building or > it falls down. A > > non-believer moves in and the building starts > collapse, until the believers > > convert him and the building goes back up. Every time > he has doubts, the > > building starts to fall down, then he recants and the > building goes back up. > > That's some funny stuff! > > > > And even though these guys are putting their lives on > the line every day > > with their dowsers, they of course can't pass the > fraudulent Randi's > > impossible requirements and cash in on his stupid > million dollar con. > > > > Click on the link for pictures of the overpriced, > phony dowsing devices > > that can't possibly work, yet still do > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/middleeast/04sensors.html > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Sun 17 Oct 2010 09:12:34 PM PDT |
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