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Rich Green scribes,
<< the common denominator is that none of them have any basis in science
electrically, electronically or otherwise. Sorry if redneck voodoo offended
you. Most people consider me a little on the red side so the emphasis was and
is on voodoo.
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So, if some phenomenon does not meet our "current" criteria for science, then
it does not exist? Last I heard we were not yet done creating, or
discovering, science. Marcel Mauss (A general Theory of Magic) puts forth
some sobering arguments regarding the inherent cultural biases expressed with
perceived and defined differences between cultures of differing complexities.
Despite advances in electronic gadgets for locating water, electric wires,
pipes and various other unseen buried materials, many an engineer keeps a set
of dowsing rods in their truck -- backup for when our modern gadgets fail to
perform up to our expectations. Lyle Browning's story can be repeated with
different names, but his conclusion says it best:
<< There may be a lot of hokum associated with their use, but perhaps one
shouldn't throw out the baby with the bathwater. >>
The insulted is not in the term redneck -- but rather in the pre -- judgment
use of the term voodoo.
Douglas
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