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.
Wishing you continued success.
Next time, please leave the rosary out of it.
You think it was the rosary that skewed the data?
It’s taking… oh, nevermind…
…no matter what develops…
You sure do use a LOT of qualifiers in your posts on the subject.
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”.
Many years of repeated conditioning exorcising by regulars here has evidently had me respond this way.
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.
Welcome to Camp Straight Dope-Home to many thousands of happy campers dedicated to fighting ignorance, and many more trying to join every day.
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.
‘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.
Touché
Christ. I’m glad you didn’t call it Hotel Straight Dope. We’d never hear the end of it.
To you it must sometimes feel more like a gulag. 
…so your thumb is somehow connected to Scarlett Johansson…?
…and she’s pixilated…?
I see.
In a Hogan’s Heroes sense yes