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Originally Posted by Fred
Actually if terrorists also think it works we can say that the device is performing well.  |
Fred, that is not so far from the truth.
I was once told by an LRL salesman (wallet-miner), that it was not important if his instruments actually worked or not. The important thing was that the instruments "looked" impressive and they came with a "very large price tag". He claimed both of these attributes were "positive affirmations" for the dowser, and thus they could go about their dowsing with a certain level of confidence that could not be obtained by dowsing with a simple bent wire.
Quite obviously, the actual results would be the same from either the high-priced device or the bent wire. However, in the case of the high-priced contraption, the sucker "felt" better since they knew they were using the absolute most expensive "dowser" available at that time.
Clever philosophy..... wouldn't you say?