From: utzoo!watmath!cbostrum Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Defying Explanation Article-I.D.: watmath.4631 Posted: Thu Feb 24 09:56:27 1983 Received: Fri Feb 25 09:06:02 1983 Someone posted an article that seemed to defend "dowsing" by asking "how many other things do you know that defied rational explanation for some time?" This seems to presuppose that there is some actual phenomenom realted to dowsing that currently lacks a rational explantion. I would contest that? Has dowsing *ever* been demonstrated under any sort of rigourous controlled conditions, or is it in the same camp with all the other crystal ball stuff? I think the latter, actually.