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Old 12-08-04, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by tom
That's because of something called the ideomotor effect. See http://www.randi.org/library/dowsing/ for example.
It's worth pointing out the Randi is a very forthright sceptic and the site is accordingly slanted. Some say he is a bigger fraud than those he tries to defraud.

In any case I think it is self evident that the dowser is moving the rods or pendulum, otherwise it would move all by itself. The point is supposed to be subconscious control of the timing.

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