Comments for The Dowsing Delusion Is Still With Us at http://www.randi.org/site , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.randi.org/site Thu, 23 May 2013 07:14:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1655-the-dowsing-delusion-is-still-with-us.html#comment-24989 Every time you write about things like this, Randi, I too just have to 'sigh'. I've come to realize that all of our skeptical ways are just being seen by many as, 'taking the fun out of everything'. Why must we keep attacking people's belief in nonsense? After all, what's the harm? Well, as a long time fan of your work, I know what the harm is, and I thank you for continuing to remind us of how prominent, and unrelenting this kind of woo can be. All we can do is continue fighting the good fight. I honestly do foresee (not really, 'foresee', but you know what I mean), a time long after you and I have gone, when this kind of nonsense will be ancient history. I see small indicators of the turning tide every once in a while, and it gives me hope. Woo simply won't be able to outlive science and reason. I hope Thanks again - kurtoli2 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:28:10 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1655-the-dowsing-delusion-is-still-with-us.html#comment-24982 "vigorously avoided trying to win the JREF prize" How is that different from not trying? Well, it's funnier, to start with... - epicure Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:28:31 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1655-the-dowsing-delusion-is-still-with-us.html#comment-24979 Any reader of Science-Based Medicine can tell you that, if anything, the problem is even worse now, at least with respect to formerly-respectable medical journals. Bad enough when popular publications give attention to this garbage, but now we're getting it from supposedly scientific peer-reviewed journals. - lytrigian Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:35:42 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1655-the-dowsing-delusion-is-still-with-us.html#comment-24976 The nonsense has taken over some TV channels that were once reasonably respectable. [i]The History Channel[/i] started with some promise, but has now become a channel dominated by the Erich von Danikens of the world, the Sasquatch believers, and various sorts of "researchers" who spend their time sitting in dark rooms and excitedly exclaiming, "What was that?!!" I thought that the [i]National Geographic Channel[/i] was immune, but lately they've been wandering into the woo, as well. [i]NOVA [/i]has, on several occasions, done some excellent take-downs of moronic claims - I wish they'd do much more of it. - EarlyOut Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:05:49 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1655-the-dowsing-delusion-is-still-with-us.html#comment-24974 [quote]vigorously avoided trying to win the JREF prize[/quote] How is that different from not trying? - Caller X Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:10:57 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1655-the-dowsing-delusion-is-still-with-us.html#comment-24973 While I am quite sure that dowsing is still with us, the articles mentioned here are 16 and 32 years old. Maybe my faith is misplaced that such an article would not find its way into a respected scientific publication now... it is quite embarrassing that they were published even then. - gnathan87 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:03:03 +0100