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Randi (R) needs a freaking Brain Enema Berlum Mar 2013 #1
*Smirk*... SidDithers Mar 2013 #2
so what do you have to say about the facts he presented in this case? cali Mar 2013 #3
I have nothing to say except... backscatter712 Mar 2013 #5
Oh, and James Randi is awesome! backscatter712 Mar 2013 #6
So how do the swiveling rods work? sibelian Mar 2013 #11
Really??? zappaman Mar 2013 #12
Apparently, the bad guy in this story isn't the guy selling fucking dowsing rods as bomb detectors.. SidDithers Mar 2013 #22
Someone must hate James Randi for bursting their woo bubble. zappaman Mar 2013 #24
Randi has mistakenly been called a Republican before, by a now banned poster... SidDithers Mar 2013 #25
Coincidence? zappaman Mar 2013 #26
You win the thread... SidDithers Mar 2013 #27
And he threw the term "scientific materialist" around as if we're supposed to be insulted. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #41
He posted that using a computer that was designed by scientific materialists. Jim Lane Mar 2013 #44
His usage of facts is terrible! Who does that? Dash87 Mar 2013 #28
Wow. I am actually flabbergasted MattBaggins Mar 2013 #45
Project much? Taverner Mar 2013 #54
Never Berlum Mar 2013 #64
When you approach people do they roll their eyes? MattBaggins Mar 2013 #66
Oh FFS... SidDithers Mar 2013 #4
I read about this nonsense here on DU a couple of years ago, they used them to "scan" vehicles arcane1 Mar 2013 #7
Marines used dowsing techniques for mines in Vietnam too. Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #8
The US army did not use these devices. hack89 Mar 2013 #9
That's right, but from Wiki, those who did use it - OMG. freshwest Mar 2013 #21
Got to do a better job than our weapons inspectors did in Iraq, and plenty believed in them (nt) The Straight Story Mar 2013 #10
Similar thread from 2011... SidDithers Mar 2013 #13
I use a dowsing rod to find my scotch. zappaman Mar 2013 #14
Thank you. Iggo Mar 2013 #23
That's not a dowsing rod. It's a straw. name not needed Mar 2013 #58
Wiki article with lots of interesting links... SidDithers Mar 2013 #15
Footnote 7 link: Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless (NYT) pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #18
Yup. Makes your head hurt, doesn't it... SidDithers Mar 2013 #19
Well they work... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #16
ROFL Jamastiene Mar 2013 #29
K&R idwiyo Mar 2013 #17
They also pray to the sky god to help them prevail in battle. Iggo Mar 2013 #20
We use welding rods to find old irrigation lines in our vineyard. DollarBillHines Mar 2013 #30
... SidDithers Mar 2013 #31
Try the Real World, sometimes, sid DollarBillHines Mar 2013 #33
Ok, you've convinced me... SidDithers Mar 2013 #34
I watched guys from the gas company in houston TexasProgresive Mar 2013 #35
lol MattBaggins Mar 2013 #47
And scientists are able to reproduce this under controlled conditions? n/t backscatter712 Mar 2013 #38
You've not heard of Randi's Million Dollar Challenge? SwissTony Mar 2013 #43
Interesting you should offer a wager MattBaggins Mar 2013 #46
You could also go to Afghanistan with your dowsing rods... backscatter712 Mar 2013 #51
Not everyone can be a dowser jmowreader Mar 2013 #60
It might be necessary to post the Woo Woo Credo here... SidDithers Mar 2013 #32
The best part of woo-woo is when you get to go all Geordi Laforge! backscatter712 Mar 2013 #37
... SidDithers Mar 2013 #39
Dowsing rods seem crazy to me, but so many people have claimed to have found ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #36
You could try this smartphone app out... backscatter712 Mar 2013 #40
Chances are that you will be unsuccessful. However I knew a man who had the "skill." ... spin Mar 2013 #42
Oh fer fuck sakes MattBaggins Mar 2013 #48
Which I mentioned ... spin Mar 2013 #63
Torsion MattBaggins Mar 2013 #65
I can not believe some posters here MattBaggins Mar 2013 #49
There are mineral prospecting tools similar to dowsing rods PufPuf23 Mar 2013 #50
The difference is that we know how magnetometers work. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #53
My Dad (1910-1996) was a popular local dowser for wells (and mineral propector too). PufPuf23 Mar 2013 #55
Metal detectors work -- dowsing rods do not. immoderate Mar 2013 #56
Read my post #55, We agree there is nothing paranormal. nt PufPuf23 Mar 2013 #57
Yeah. I got it. immoderate Mar 2013 #59
Caught in a personal guilty pleasure (ambiguous in woo) at DU. lol. nt PufPuf23 Mar 2013 #61
News flash Crusaders make faith based folly. Exultant Democracy Mar 2013 #52
I have always wondered... jmowreader Mar 2013 #62
History of the fake detectors/dowsing fraud Dubious Dick Mar 2013 #67
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