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Re: Undetermined Accidental?
Posted by:
dcarpenter (IP Logged)
Date: February 02, 2007 11:49AM
The correct use of the scientific can produce "right answers". The problem is not that they are wrong because you can not explain the whole story, but that there may not be sufficient detail of the available information or the analysis technique to answer a specific question in the case. Is it wrong to validly determine that a fire was set without knowing exactly who and how it was set?
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