[meteorite-list] dowsing for meteorites--had to try it

[Chris Peterson]

Dowsing this way has always been an amusing party trick, like a Ouija board. 
It takes an imperceptible shift in position to make the rods move, so all 
sorts of unconscious cues can make it happen. As a result, the rods seem to 
have a mind of their own. But the important thing to realize is that they 
only "work" in a situation when the operator has enough information to 
control them- even if that control is unconscious.

Chris

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 4:44 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] dowsing for meteorites--had to try it


> I've watched this thread with some bemusement I must admit.Having never
> tried this dowsing lark I automatically dismissed it as bunkum.But I
> have just conducted an admittedly short and not very scientifically
> sound experiment also with large meteorites.Amazingly the rods do cross
> over my 6 kilo Gibeon and even my little 630gram Canyon Diablo.However
> they also crossed over 2 large stone meteorites that I tested both in
> the 3700 gram range.Weird
>
> Jim Brady