Video: James Randi vs. Dowsing

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Science • Sun Feb 22, 2009 at 11:55 am PST • Views: 450

The James Randi Educational Foundation has a standing offer of a million dollars to anyone who can prove that they are able to dowse—the woo-woo practice of detecting hidden objects like water, pipes, wires, etc., with the aid of metal or wooden rods. Here’s Randi’s classic response to a dowser who is threatening legal action unless Randi pays up.

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