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UncleFeedle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Testing is relevant if you want to know whether dowsing is real or not. If you choose to believe in something that has no evidence to indicate it has any basis in reality, that's your privilege. I prefer to be as certain as I can about the world around me.
Scyko8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah it is relevent if you chose to be a skeptic, but to each his own, I will always be a believer.
UncleFeedle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yes, along with astrology, psychokinesis, ESP, astral projection, levitation, precognition, scrying, psychometry, numerology, graphology and tarot cards. Even so, whether or not I've personally tried it is irrelevant. All serious tests of dowsing have resulted in failure.
Scyko8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
So you've tried it then?
UncleFeedle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
In remote viewing, the negative results far outnumber the positive results (obtained through chance), but its practioners focus on the hits and ignore the equally significant misses. This is known as confirmation bias. Similarly, the dowser shown here gets exactly what would be expected by random chance alone. You could choose the correct box by throwing dice and have the same chance of success. Dowsing has been tested many times and fails on every occasion. It's total self-deception.
Scyko8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I know about Stargate and it wasn't a total failure, there were quite a few positive results. The project was stopped after the CIA took over the research.Landmines are you kidding, no one has ever claimed that dowsing is 100% accurate. This is what I noticed when I watched the video. He stopped relying on the stick after the 2nd try and picked the correct box out right, because he already knew where it was and just didn't trust his gut feeling, and that is what dowsing is. Watch it again .
UncleFeedle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The military's test of remote viewing was known as Stargate. The project was a total failure. It failed to provide any positive results and was finally scrapped after 20 million dollars had been sunk into it. If dowsing really worked, why don't they use it to locate landmines and IED's? No dowser has ever been able to do what they claim under conditions in which they cannot cheat or be mistaken, and under conditions that they themselves agree to in advance and are free of interference.
Scyko8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Randi only has one job and that is to keep the closed mind closed. The military had even used dowsing as well as remote viewing. Now don't get me wrong I couldn't tell you the success rate they had, but what I do know is that Randi has debunked things that are real ability, and that in it self bebunks Randi. Science is now beginning to search in that direction with quantim mechanics and M-Theory which is the connection to everything. 3: controled test are the problem and disrupts the EMF.
UncleFeedle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
1. The dowser agreed to the conditions of the test in advance. 2. The fact that people pay him to do it doesn't prove anything. 3. How would you explain the total failure of dowsing under controlled tests conducted outdoors?
Scyko8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
They should have done this test outside. Studio equipment disrupts electro magnetic fields which is key for the dowser. The guy probably never realized that he was set up to fail. He works for a company to dowse for minerals and gets paid to do it, so his success rate must be better than chance. | 
