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Steve Gray
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Re: Yes, but...
May 18, 2004, 11:48
"Suppose someone came to you with a device that appeared to react to something, but none of the scientific instruments known to you registered it. Would you accept its presence?"

What am I supposed to accept the presence of?

The device - yes, I can see it.
The reaction - yes, I can observe it.
The "something" - well, in order to observe a reaction as anything other than random I would also have to be able to make some observation or verification of the "somthing", so I don't really understand the question.

If we take dowsing as an example, I can see the reaction of the twig and if I can dig down and find water (or whatever) and if this happens with sufficent statistical significance then even though I don't undertand how it happens I have to accept the phenomenon as real.
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