# Dowsing with pictures of people **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242 "2016-04-27T04:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/21 "2016-04-27T17:42:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Absolute nonsense, and totally unsupportable. Well sometimes the sceptics need a sort of sounding logical explanation to actually try it and find out yes it does seem to work, then they may research it and find out what you said about it being unsupportable, however they can not place it in nonsense as it does seem to work, then they begin to question why. After which some are no longer in your camp. It works, you may not like it, but let it be what it is regardless. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/22 "2016-04-27T17:57:50Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Well sometimes the sceptics need a sort of sounding logical explanation to actually try it and find out yes it does seem to work, then they may research it and find out what you said about it being unsupportable, however they can not place it in nonsense as it does seem to work, then they begin to question why. After which some are no longer in your camp. > > It works, you may not like it, but let it be what it is regardless. I’ll stick with _fighting_ ignorance, but thanks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/23 "2016-04-27T18:11:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’ll stick with _fighting_ ignorance, but thanks anyway. Wishing you continued success. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/24 "2016-04-27T18:18:31Z")
Next time, please leave the rosary out of it. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/25 "2016-04-27T18:43:21Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Next time, please leave the rosary out of it. You think it was the rosary that skewed the data? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/26 "2016-04-27T18:44:30Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Wishing you continued success. It’s taking… oh, nevermind… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/27 "2016-04-27T19:18:51Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Wishing you continued success. …no matter what develops… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/28 "2016-04-27T19:46:10Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Well sometimes the sceptics need a sort of sounding logical explanation to actually try it and find out yes it does seem to work, then they may research it and find out what you said about it being unsupportable, however they can not place it in nonsense as it does seem to work, then they begin to question why. After which some are no longer in your camp. > > It works, you may not like it, but let it be what it is regardless. You sure do use a LOT of qualifiers in your posts on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/29 "2016-04-27T19:52:08Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Well sometimes the sceptics need a sort of sounding logical explanation to actually try it and find out yes it does seem to work, then they may research it and find out what you said about it being unsupportable, however they can not place it in nonsense as it does seem to work, then they begin to question why. After which some are no longer in your camp. I don’t think I’ll lose any sleep seeing as how, over all these years, I don’t recall anyone ever defecting over to your “camp”. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/30 "2016-04-27T19:52:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > You sure do use a LOT of qualifiers in your posts on the subject. Many years of repeated conditioning exorcising by regulars here has evidently had me respond this way. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/31 "2016-04-27T19:54:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I don’t think I’ll lose any sleep, seeing as how, over all these years, I don’t recall anyone ever defecting over to your “camp”. Not seeing anyone here defecting to your camp either, and thus why I wish you well in you efforts. Sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/32 "2016-04-27T20:01:57Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Not seeing anyone here defecting to your camp either, and thus why I wish you well in you efforts. Welcome to Camp Straight Dope-Home to many thousands of happy campers dedicated to fighting ignorance, and many more trying to join every day. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/33 "2016-04-27T20:15:33Z")
I just brought up a picture of Scarlett Johansson on my computer. While looking at the picture, I asked her questions, and then gave either a thumbs-up (meaning yes), or a thumbs-down (meaning no). Amazingly, when I then looked at my thumb, the answers to the questions were all, so far as I could tell, correct, 100% of them. What I did is exactly the same thing as what you did, except that your questions probably didn’t lead to the answers that a hot movie star thinks you’re a stud and wants to go out with you. Therefore, my version of dowsing is superior. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/34 "2016-04-27T20:27:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Welcome to Camp Straight Dope-Home to many thousands of happy campers dedicated to fighting ignorance, and many more trying to join every day. ‘Camp Straight Dope’? Would it be OK with you if I refer to this and credit you on future posts as to how some (including you) feel about the members of this message board? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/35 "2016-04-27T20:38:13Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > ‘Camp Straight Dope’? > Would it be OK with you if I refer to this and credit you on future posts as to how some (including you) feel about the members of this message board? Oh, _please_ do! I have great faith in the ability of most members to have a sense of humor, and the ability to consider the source. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/36 "2016-04-27T20:46:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Oh, _please_ do! I have great faith in the ability of most members to have a sense of humor, and the ability to consider the source. Touché ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/37 "2016-04-27T20:49:58Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You think it was the rosary that skewed the data? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/38 "2016-04-27T20:54:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Oh, _please_ do! I have great faith in the ability of most members to have a sense of humor, and the ability to consider the source. Christ. I’m glad you didn’t call it Hotel Straight Dope. We’d never hear the end of it. > [@kanicbird](#): > > ‘Camp Straight Dope’? > Would it be OK with you if I refer to this and credit you on future posts as to how some (including you) feel about the members of this message board? To you it must sometimes feel more like a gulag. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/39 "2016-04-27T21:02:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I just brought up a picture of Scarlett Johansson on my computer. While looking at the picture, I asked her questions, and then gave either a thumbs-up (meaning yes), or a thumbs-down (meaning no). Amazingly, when I then looked at my thumb, the answers to the questions were all, so far as I could tell, correct, 100% of them. …so your thumb is somehow connected to Scarlett Johansson…? …and she’s pixilated…? I see. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242/40 "2016-04-27T21:05:04Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > … > To you it must sometimes feel more like a gulag. 😉 In a Hogan’s Heroes sense yes 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-with-pictures-of-people/753242.md?page=3)