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Originally Posted by Geo
Hi Qiaozhi.
I can't understand why is trick of the mind???
Yesterday afternoon i received a signal with my L Rods at my farm. I dig it (last time i spend my time at farm so it is very often and easy for me to dowse or to dig) and i found a piece of copper about 4 cm. i received the signal from 20m distance and from all the directions.
So were is the trick of the mind ?? Why to do a double-blind test ???
Of course there are times that i take signal, but i find nothing. If we stay at the times where we find any object (small or big, gold or iron), i think that it is time to study the phenomenon.
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You have answered your own question:
- Yesterday afternoon i received a signal with my L Rods at my farm ... and i found a piece of copper about 4 cm.
- ... there are times that i take signal, but i find nothing.
If you record all the times you receive a "signal", and then write down the result, you will find that it is the same result as guessing. Dowsing is quite compelling because it is easy to deceive yourself that the movement of the rods is due to an external influence, when in fact it is caused by the ideomotor effect. This effect is produced from the unconscious mind. When you combine this with selective memory, it then becomes a trick of the mind. Try a double-blind test, and the "effect" will go away. It's only an illusion.