Originally Posted by
Dan Friedrichs
So for those of you who believe in dowsing - what do you say to the scientists, who are trained in statistical analysis and experimental design, who have concluded that it's nothing but chance? Do you believe that your personal experiences with dowsing are somehow better experimental examples than those designed by experts?
I've not seen it in person or done it, so I have no opinion on if it works or not. However, I can think of a number of times in my lifetime that scientists have been very wrong about things.
I'd push it back the other way. Just because you can't prove it, doesn't mean it's not happening. Science isn't done understanding everything in the universe just yet. If we lived life based on what scientists tell us, we'd have a strange life.
Just a very recent example- the food pyramid. We've been told since I was a kid how that was the key to healthy living. Now they (scientists) say it's a bad thing. So yes, I would believe my own eyes over a scientist if I could support it in a level that proved to be accurate.
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