Crap'n Neal® wrote:
Sorry, Mr. king but NOBODY has been able to demonstrate
scientifically that dowsing is anything but a crock of hock.

I suppose that depends on your ideas about "scientific proof." Some
people are notoriously hard to convince, just look at the public
convictions about evolution & global warming.

In any event, I know of about a dozen properties which had poor wells,
where several different drillers failed to improve the situation, and a
dowser found a spot where water was much closer and flowed at a greater
rate.


The amazing Randi has a longstanding million dollar prize to
be claimed by anybody who, under controlled scientific
conditions that they can do anything paranormal. Dowsing
is included.

How are you going to have "controlled scientific circumstances" in well
drilling? Build an artificial continent?


... Nobody has claimed the prize for over a dozen
years now.

What does that tell you?

That the Amazing Randi probably doesn't really have a million dollars.

In any event, I would not go so far as to say it can be "scientifically
proven" that dowsing works. Only that some people have a sense for it,
and it's quite rare. Just the same way that some people can
(occasionally) tell what cards are in another person's hand...

DSK