Cogito Ergo Sum

I had the questionable fortune of witnessing a dowsing last night. No fires were extinguished, this dowsing involved bent coathanger wire being used to detect biophysical auras. (It could be dousing, I really don't know)

I have seen this before on TV, but never in real life and I am quite sure I saw the "dowser" move his wrists to make the wires cross at the appropriate time to prove his point.

This presentation was to demonstrate how certain thoughts can change your aura and, in the preamble to the dousing, he quoted the French philosopher Descartes. The fact that the presenter put three syllables in the philosopher's name, and that he referred to him as Greek, did little to convince me of his authenticity.

But, putting aside my skepticism, I couldn't help admire his enthusiasm for what he was doing and his seemingly genuine belief in the process. I even asked myself whether he realised he was moving his wrists. In some ways, he was the embodiment of Descartes Second Meditation

"I think, therefore I am" (a dowser)