I know a chiropractor who uses it to help him find painful areas on his patient's backs (they can't see him work) and my husband uses it to find water. I'm sue there's something in it.
2006-07-28 20:52:48 · 5 answers · asked by True Blue Brit 7 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
That's a big debate and we probably will not see the end of it.
It's rumored to have something to do with some magnetic fields... I've seen tests being done and it's 50/50 so...
Any guesses are good.
2006-07-28 20:58:32 · answer #1 · answered by Just me 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It's purely superstition. When you dug a well at random in the old days, you would find water more often than not. So dousing appeared to work on those occasions, and people tended to forget the times it didn't work. The same psychology applies to most superstitions - coincidental success reinforces the belief in magical methodology.
2006-07-29 04:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by Grist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a guy in america that works for the oil companies,finding oil?must be doing a good job of dousing
2006-07-29 04:04:23 · answer #3 · answered by archaeologia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father used it quite often in New Delhi to find inaccurately marked water pipes prior to digging up the road. It semed to work, I watched him sometimes.
2006-07-29 03:58:15 · answer #4 · answered by Bill(56 yrs old) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it just does
2006-07-29 04:51:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋