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It's not the machine itself that's intimidating, it's the consequence of being caught lying and the accompanying loss of freedom or job opportunity.
by blackflame7000 7y ago
It's not the machine itself that's intimidating, it's the consequence of being caught lying and the accompanying loss of freedom or job opportunity.
- xorcist 7y agoSure, but nobody chose a wizard's hat or a dowsing rod, so there must be some cultural significance to it completely beyond my understanding?
- derivagral 7y agoSadly (and incredibly) this is not always true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
- blackflame7000 7y ago"as much as US$60,000 each. The Iraqi government is said to have spent £52 million on the devices" - Wow and no one thought hey let's test this baby out before we buy a thousand of them?
- daveFNbuck 7y agoThey did test them. Dowsing rods work very well in unblinded tests. That's a big part of why so many people believe in dowsing.
- throwaway344534 7y agoI'm gonna have to call BS on that. Finding water accidentally is astronomically more likely than finding a bomb.
- daveFNbuck 7y agoUnblinded tests mean that the tester knows where the bomb is. Imagine you have a bomb on a table. Someone brings a bomb detector over and when they point it at the bomb, it indicates that a bomb is detected. Point it away, and it stops. This is a very convincing demonstration if you don't suspect shenanigans.