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I’ve just been listening to ‘The Bottom Line’ on Radio 4 where the guests were the vice president of CH2M Hill, the CEO of Veolia Water, and the CEO of Anglian Water, who all said that water diviners are used within their respective industries. One said if he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed it works. Listen to the last few minutes of the programme from about 27.14.
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ program mes/b03 6w3b6
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When a friend of mine lived at her last place, the neighbours decided that they would like to see if they could have their own water supply (it was all the rage about 6 or 7 years ago). The contractors came around and used water divining to see if there was a source of water in the vicinity. The result was that they had a borehole in their garden and they have their own water now.
I suppose one reason for that would be that "doesn't work" might be implying 100% failure rates, which isn't really what I mean. What I do mean is that dowsing is no better, overall, than random chance. People seem to use lots of methods that are known (scientifically) to be no better than chance, but people swear by them anyway. Chance can run in your favour, so that a method appears to be very successful, but every time it goes against you, you tend to forget it -- which makes it appear yet more successful.
So in that sense, that water companies use dowsing is hardly surprising. No amount of scientific evidence can persuade some people that ancient techniques aren't worth continuing.
So in that sense, that water companies use dowsing is hardly surprising. No amount of scientific evidence can persuade some people that ancient techniques aren't worth continuing.