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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

polly7

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7. The crowbar swayed 40 and 41 times for myself and my dad.

Reply to EvolveOrConvolve (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 8, 2014, 11:49 AM

Mar 2014

On different days.

We both found it in the same spot. On different days, using both a crowbar and willow twigs.

Farmers here still remember their parents and grandparents talking about having my grandmother help them find the spot to dig a well.

I don't care what you bet, I know what happened.

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California farmers hire dowsers to find water [View all] William Seger Mar 2014 OP

The title should be... Archae Mar 2014 #1

We, um Lordquinton Mar 2014 #2

My Dad and I found water on some land I'd bought with the polly7 Mar 2014 #3

The mechanism for dowsing has been pretty thoroughly debunked EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2014 #4

Well, science or not, it worked for us, as well as my grandmother! nt. polly7 Mar 2014 #5

You have confirmation bias EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2014 #6

The crowbar swayed 40 and 41 times for myself and my dad. polly7 Mar 2014 #7

Let's see here... Archae Mar 2014 #8

Whatever. polly7 Mar 2014 #9

If you come in the skeptics group, you should expect to find skepticism EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2014 #11

I know what happened, no, I'm not wrong. polly7 Mar 2014 #12

" It ended up being a deep well..." William Seger Mar 2014 #13

I suppose when you get desperate, even woo starts looking good TxDemChem Mar 2014 #10

I can change red lights with my mind edhopper Mar 2014 #14