[bigbob]

Iraqi military police relying on crap science straight from the Algore playbook, presumably to detect bombs.

Iraqi officials need to wise up.

[21twelve]

I helped find a pvc pipe for some guy. He said he had a diviner come out, but the diviner had it going off in a direction he knew it didn’t go.

There is a scientific basis for using hand-held coat hangars to finding metal utilities, but not PVC. I asked the guy how the diviner did it. I guess the diviner had his witching stick, and then had a vial attached to the end with string. Then - you just fill the vial up with whatever you’re trying to find. In this case - pvc shavings! I didn’t laugh too hard in case my client actually believed in that crap.

[SunkenCiv]

With no electrical components and no scientific basis for its effectiveness... its creator, Jim McCormick, was arrested on suspicion of fraud. The 53-year-old former UK police officer was taken into custody last week... The ADE 651 looks like a barcode scanner with a rod attached to the end. Truth be told, a barcode scanner would probably be more effective.

Thanks bigbob.

[DBrow]

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[PeaceBeWithYou]

Modern day snake oil.