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<blockquote data-quote="rvf400" data-source="post: 369537" data-attributes="member: 4205"><p>Plenty of scientific proof that dowsing is absolute nonsense, enough to disregard it completely.</p><p></p><p>Wiki below, but google for a wealth of other info regarding it.</p><p><strong>Dowsing</strong> is a type of pseudoscientific <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination" target="_blank">divination</a> employed in attempts to locate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_water" target="_blank">ground water</a>, buried metals or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore" target="_blank">ores</a>, gemstones, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum" target="_blank">oil</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_(burial)" target="_blank">gravesites</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-Sxu9Y-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> malign 'earth vibrations'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-rFVBG-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus. It is also known as <strong>divining</strong> (especially in reference to the interpretation of results),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-MiSlH-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> <strong>doodlebugging</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-JUTfP-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> (particularly in the United States, in searching for petroleum<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-hGZYC-5" target="_blank">[5]</a>) or (when searching for water) <strong>water finding</strong>, <strong>water witching</strong> (in the United States) or <strong>water dowsing</strong>.</p><p></p><p>A Y-shaped twig or rod, or two L-shaped ones—individually called a <strong>dowsing rod</strong>, <strong>divining rod</strong> (Latin: virgula divina or baculus divinatorius), "vining rod", or <strong>witching rod</strong>—are sometimes used during dowsing, although some dowsers use other equipment or no equipment at all.</p><p></p><p>Dowsing is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience" target="_blank">pseudoscience</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_evidence" target="_blank">scientific evidence</a> is that it is no more effective than <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_chance" target="_blank">random chance</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-Vogt1979-6" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-D55qx-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> Dowsers often achieve good results because random chance has a high probability of finding water in favourable terrain.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-M6d9g-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> The motion of dowsing rods is now generally attributed to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_phenomenon" target="_blank">ideomotor phenomenon</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-Zusne_1989-9" target="_blank">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-Novella_2002-10" target="_blank">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-a5FaR-11" target="_blank">[11]</a> a psychological response where a subject makes motions unconsciously. Put simply, dowsing rods respond to the user's accidental or involuntary movements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rvf400, post: 369537, member: 4205"] Plenty of scientific proof that dowsing is absolute nonsense, enough to disregard it completely. Wiki below, but google for a wealth of other info regarding it. [B]Dowsing[/B] is a type of pseudoscientific [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination']divination[/URL] employed in attempts to locate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_water']ground water[/URL], buried metals or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore']ores[/URL], gemstones, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum']oil[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_(burial)']gravesites[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-Sxu9Y-1'][1][/URL] malign 'earth vibrations'[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-rFVBG-2'][2][/URL] and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus. It is also known as [B]divining[/B] (especially in reference to the interpretation of results),[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-MiSlH-3'][3][/URL] [B]doodlebugging[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-JUTfP-4'][4][/URL] (particularly in the United States, in searching for petroleum[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-hGZYC-5'][5][/URL]) or (when searching for water) [B]water finding[/B], [B]water witching[/B] (in the United States) or [B]water dowsing[/B]. A Y-shaped twig or rod, or two L-shaped ones—individually called a [B]dowsing rod[/B], [B]divining rod[/B] (Latin: virgula divina or baculus divinatorius), "vining rod", or [B]witching rod[/B]—are sometimes used during dowsing, although some dowsers use other equipment or no equipment at all. Dowsing is a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience']pseudoscience[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_evidence']scientific evidence[/URL] is that it is no more effective than [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_chance']random chance[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-Vogt1979-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-D55qx-7'][7][/URL] Dowsers often achieve good results because random chance has a high probability of finding water in favourable terrain.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-M6d9g-8'][8][/URL] The motion of dowsing rods is now generally attributed to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_phenomenon']ideomotor phenomenon[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-Zusne_1989-9'][9][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-Novella_2002-10'][10][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing#cite_note-a5FaR-11'][11][/URL] a psychological response where a subject makes motions unconsciously. Put simply, dowsing rods respond to the user's accidental or involuntary movements. [/QUOTE]
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