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title: "Met a plumber yesterday.  Seemed intelligent and knowledgeable.  Did…"
date: 2019-06-25
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships updated his status.
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# Met a plumber yesterday.  Seemed intelligent and knowledgeable.  Did…

*June 25, 2019 · Facebook*

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Met a plumber yesterday. Seemed intelligent and knowledgeable. Did competent work. Yet he also seemed to think he could find underground pipes with dowsing rods (\"his wires\").\
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Dowsing has been debunked many times. If such an easily debunked practice can persist, what hope is there of dispelling more subtle forms of quackery?
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