Prof. Dr. Friedrich Balck's paper on dowsing

[Seden]

Gentlemen,

I think you will find this paper from Germany (in English) most interesting. This is in the "No Spin Zone" if you will. Thesus,WM6,SWR Jim, pull up a chair and read this.

Here:
http://www2.pe.tu-clausthal.de/agbal...ersicht-en.pdf

Randy

[ivconic]

Man is 100% crackpot, it is so obvious!
Educated crackpot with rich term dictionary, nothing else.
I have seen simillar people many times.
My cousin is genius in Physics - Dr. of Physics. Yet...after many years of hard learning, finally he became total crackpot. Usuall things...no wonder.
From genius to crackpot....only one step.
Even great Nikola Tesla (my compatriot - i am very proud on that fact) also turned to a huge crackpot in his late years...
Dont be amazed with simillar publications, internet is full with simillar..
Cheers!

[ivconic]

Ok...
What we can se on this picture?
I'll tell you what i see;
i see yoyo device and nothing else. This is same device as we already seen on these forums many times in the past...
Generator..rods....cosmic waves....frequencies...etc...etc...
C'mon! Get real!

[Theseus]

Thanks for the link, Randy.

Appears to be a new rehash of some old ideas with a little twist here and there. Don't get fooled or overwhelmed by the fact the author has Ph.D credentials. That has nothing to do with adding real credibility to the paper and/or results. Keep in mind, there have been Ph.D's, scientists and especially Patent Lawyers who have become anamored with and fooled by the ideomotor effect.

Real credibility would consist of double-blind testing involving a closely controlled test protocol and substantiated by accredited third-parties.

[Jim]

Wow!

That's about all I can say

[Tinkerer]

Dowsing..... a nice subject. Anybody can come up with a crackpot idea without any proof and anybody can contest it without understanding a thing.
Blaba here and blabla there.

But, WHAT IF??????

What if there is something there, that science can not pin down yet?

Humans are just animals. If one animal can do something, then humans should be able to to the same or at least understand what the process is that lets an animal do "the thing".

Give this some thought.

Migrating birds or migrating whales, or migrating salmon, or migrating eels, or turtles, they and many other creatures find their way thousands of miles to the place they were born.
How do they do it.
What are the sensors that give them the direction?
Can we reproduce this kind of sensor?

Tinkerer