Posted: May 21st 2010
Daniel Midgley www
The reason Ouija boards seem to work is because of the ideomotor effect — your body can make movements so small that you’re not consciously aware of them. That means you’re the one doing the pushing, not the 'spirits’.
The proof of this is that if you blindfold people at a Ouija board, the board spells out garbage.
Posted: June 24th 2010
Eric_PK
No.
But they can be a lot of fun. At least they were when I was 12.
Posted: June 24th 2010
Dave Hitt www
Penn & Teller did an episode of “Bullshit” about them. They blindfolded the participants and then turned to board upside down. The participants moved the planchette to where the text would be if the board was right-side up. Their trick fooled not only the people, but the spirits as well.
Posted: May 23rd 2010
SmartLX www
Do I believe that a person, or particularly a group of people, pushing a pointer around an alphabet on a board might subconsciously manage to guide it to the letters of a real word or name? Yes.
Do I believe that ghosts or demons are spelling words through users of ouija boards? No, because I don’t believe in either of those entities.
Posted: May 23rd 2010