[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

[JoshuaTreeMuseum]

I think it's crazy that some scientists believe that birds, with their tiny
little bird brains, can somehow detect minute  changes in the earth's weak
magnetic field from hundreds of feet up in the air and then use this
information to navigate thousands of miles over oceans, deserts and the
north pole.  Or that animals know an earthquake is coming by  somehow
detecting P waves before the S waves of  the actual earthquake hit. Now
that's some nutty stuff!

Phil Whitmer
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No, I'm sure he believed it. People read horoscopes all the time, as well.
That doesn't mean they work. People fool themselves into believing all sorts
of crazy stuff. The fact that our brain finds patterns where none exist is
the source of superstition!

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


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From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:48 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron



> Years ago, an employee of the local utility company told me his foreman

> always kept a pair of dowsing rods in his tool truck. He said he didn't

> know how or why they worked, and didn't care, they were just practical to

> use. At the time I thought he was b'sing me.

> ---------------------------- 

> Phil Whitmer