Almost funny…

…if it weren’t deadly serious. A British company came up with an amazing bomb detector. It works very mysteriously, kind of like a dowsing rod. The company makes lots of money selling it to the Iragi military, who is convinced that it works. Unfortunately it does not.

It starts to get press (not good) and ultimately gets investigated. The BBC points out that the device is worthless and the founder of the company gets arrested for fraud.

As a reminder to people who believe in this sort of foolishness. There has been a $1 million prize promised to anyone who can scientifically prove that any sort of supernatural thing (dowsers, psychics, etc.) works in a controlled environment. This challenge has been in place since 1964 (though the money started much smaller) yet no one has been able to claim the money.

Much easier to get money from suckers…