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Lets Blow this Dowsing Lark off Finally!
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TheBear
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Re: Lets Blow this Dowsing Lark off Fina
Apr 05, 2006, 08:29
> I think 'modern science' generally breeds arrogance and ignorance.

How can it be arrogant or ignorant to try and explain the world around us in a meaningful way?

> Everything is benchmarked upon findings that are generally less than 400 years old.

Well of course it is! Modern science is less than 400 years old... tautology on!

> I'm not saying that modern science is wrong but it seems to me that anything that doesn't conform or that can't be proved by it's standards is dismissed.

Erm.. a subtle but important point - the scientific method doesn't try to prove anything, it tries to disprove things... whatever it cannot disprove by careful testing remain as the best "guesses" as to how nature behaves. However, if something cannot be carefully tested it cannot be disproved.... and certainly not proved! Happily dowsing has been tested and the results show a statistical success rate as good as random chance. I think that counts as disproved ;)
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