When Dowsers Competed For $1,000,000

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⸺ links ⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺
DEBUNKED: THE MYTH OF WATER DIVINING
Divine intervention: yes, water companies using dowsing really is that bad
List of prizes for evidence of the paranormal
New Age Energy
Ideomotor Response
Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptic

⸺ music ⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺
"I'm On My Way" by Cullah
"War Machine" by John Montoya
"Boss Beat - Pwned Fix" by Anthony Shea
"Lightly Roasted" by John Montoya
"White Crow Flies" by Cullah
"Cullahtivation Revelation" by Cullah
"Contemplation" by Dekaff

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⸺ credits ⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺⸺
Brian Brushwood - host
Jason Murphy - host
Brandt Hughes - camera operator
Bryce Castillo - camera operator
John Rael - post-production supervisor / camera operator / editor
Annaliese Martin - live audio engineer / copy editor
Cory Cranfill - camera operator / production assistance
Jeff McLaughlin - camera operator / live audio engineer
Joe Diamond - guest

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[Dr_Huntr_]

Buying art, especially modern art, is usually a scam or money laundering. Buying part of art sounds even more like a scam.

[voidstar.studio]

Jason's absolute dedication to the bit to actually eat a mouthful of sand was impressive

[fawndoe]

fun fact: The US and Iraqi militaries actually bought bomb detecting machines in the 2000s which were in essence just dowsing rods which did not, in any way work

[Goryus]

The way the JREF would have tested this is to fill each bucket with water or sand randomly, and ask the claimant to have the correct matching pattern. With 5 buckets it's about a 3% chance of success, versus the 20% in your setup.

[carsond]

I understand the hunt for the bag, but put a disclaimer if your sponsor is a blatant scam, have some class

[skepticallypwnd]

True story, that's only like 2/3rds of title cards I made for this episode. Dowsing has been debunked so many times that it's not even recognizable as the dead horse it used to be. It's just a dry stain that every science communicator has been obligated to walk across the last 150 years.
- Modern Rogue Post-production Supervisor

[RainMakeR_Workshop]

Honestly. An occult survival kit sounds cool af as a novelty piece.

[groovychic]

love when city scientists attempt to "disprove" something country folks have done and will continue to do successfully for hundreds of years.

[Bobsmith-xqpr]

Hi rogues, I love your content and I do know you need sponsorships to make your money, but this weeks sponsor is kinda shady.

You guys normally promote stuff like VPNs, supplements, and fairly normal and useful stuff.
Promoting an iffy investment scheme is worse. There's a big difference between advertising a product worth ~$50 - $200, and an investment scheme asking for thousands of dollars.

Maybe choose slightly better sponsors in the future?
I love your content, but I want to keep this comment as a warning to viewers to avoid janky investing schemes like the one promoted today.

[TheoneStanband]

"If they are thirsty then let them drink the sand" I would actually like to see you guys do a dowse or no dowse game show even if it's just a single episode.

[dbackscott]

I’m a geotechnical engineer. When I first started watching this video I was thinking “please tell me they’re going to debunk this bullshit.” At 5:00: “oh, thank God.”

[kennethhubbs]

Honestly, I was really expecting them to find that ALL the buckets were filled with sand. Goes against the experiment, but would have been funny!

[lazywargaming]

I feel like putting dowsing rods in a survival kit is kinda like putting a d8 or a coin. One of those 'Im out of options and moral, let's just leave it up to change' sort of things

[dvldgz]

I heard Adam Savage talk about this. He thinks that we naturally know where water is more likely to be in nature and so we move the sticks that way when we see natural indicators. Like lush plant life or moss.

[EpicMonkeyFries]

Princess Bride. He's thinking about Inigo Montoya and the Pit of Despair.

[PBTophie]

"Own pieces of ... Banksy's..."

Wait, what? No! THAT'S CONTRARY TO THE ENTIRE IDEA!!! Banksy's worked too hard for people to completely miss the point.

[JoeDiamondLive]

I’ve always wanted to do Dowsing on this show! Thanks for having me back!

[mountainhun]

in one of my classes, we were studying remote sensing, geophysical devices to detect things in the ground, stuff like ground penetrating radar, metal detectors, electromagnetic devices, etc. In one of the books or papers we had for reading, they did mentioned dowsing, and like thoroughly roasted it, like "Dowsing rods have not been found to be more accurate than random chance in encountering and recording anomalies or archaeological material." XD

[johnholchin]

gas company was doing a CBYD check and one of the guys got out dousing rods. they also used their real equipment, but I still wrote to the company about dangerous activity.

[shellbournian]

you guys remember that time Jason just casually put a handful of sand in his mouth and it somehow wasn't the weirdest crap you just saw?