A closer look
Dowsing is an ancient mystical practice where people use wooden twigs or metal rods to locate groundwater, yet as recently as 2017, several major UK water companies admitted they still use this debunked magic trick to find broken pipes. Despite absolutely zero scientific evidence that a pair of copper coat hangers can detect moisture better than a random guess, literal infrastructure professionals are out there playing wizard in the streets. It is absolutely wild that we have satellites that can read a license plate from space, but the guys responsible for making sure your toilet flushes are still relying on a mystical technique invented by 16th-century German alchemists who were trying to find cursed gold
