Geronimo W. Christ Esq wrote:
wrote:

It seems to not have a problem working, despite that.

Lots of things have no yet known explanation.

The reason why dowsing appears to work is well understood.

ok, tell us why I got 12 answers out of 12 right when I tried it. I
sure dont know. It could be chance, but from that data the odds appear
to be just 0.5^12 that it is.


On the other
hand, the reason why people persist in believing something which is
demonstrably nonsense is not.

The workings of the human
body are the prime example.

On the contrary, the workings of most parts of the human body are well
understood.

only with limited depth. If you look into the pharmacology deeper
you'll find more not known than known. There is a great deal of medical
advance ahead of us yet.


I'm not arguing with dowsing, merely asking for evidence that it works.
To date none exists. The fact that $1m is up for grabs and still no-one
can prove that it works suggests that there are major problems with the
concept.

Undoubtedly. But depite that, many people have successfully dowsed for
drains, water pipes and so on. Thats the mystery.


NT