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Category Archives: The Science behind Forensics
Critical Thinking 101: Intellectual Integrity
Today we will look at intellectual integrity, or intellectual honesty. Paul and Elder (2006) describe intellectual integrity as… …striving to be true to one’s own disciplined thinking and holding oneself to the same standards that one expects others to meet. … Continue reading
Critical Thinking 101: Intellectual Empathy
Intellectual empathy is at the core of a fair-minded thinker. If you cannot develop intellectual empathy you are doomed to the opposite - intellectual self-centeredness and weak-minded thinking. You’ll find yourself no better off than those soothsayers called manipulative politicians, … Continue reading
Critical Thinking 101: Intellectual Courage
Intellectual courage refers to the ability to disconnect oneself from one’s beliefs so that the inherent egocentricity of ourselves does not “marry” to the thought. In other words, it is removing oneself to a “devil’s advocate” position and critically analyzing … Continue reading
Critical Thinking 101: Intellectual Humility
In the last discussion we introduced the seven traits of a fair-minded thinker. Those were: Intellectual humility Intellectual courage Intellectual empathy Intellectual honesty Intellectual perseverance Intellectual autonomy and confidence in sound reasoning Today we will center on intellectual humility.
Experimentation versus Observation
In yesterday’s hearing we got to hear Ms. Dorothy Sims’ argument for why the defense is requesting Frye Hearings on two issues: Dr. Hall’s opinions on root growth rates based on his observations and experience. Dr. Vass’s statement in his … Continue reading
Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Criminal Cases, The Science behind Forensics
Tagged dorothy sims, dr. hall, empirical, empirical data, examination, examine, experiment, experimentation, frye hearing, instruments, measurement, observation, opinion, plant growth, qualitative, qualitative data, quantitative, quantitative data, root growth, ruler
Will Duct Tape be Casey’s Sticking Point – 95% ‘Shurity’
There have been several articles written here at The Hinky Meter in a series entitled “Will Duct Tape be Casey’s Sticking Point“. The first dealt with the forensic analysis reports of the cloth found in the 3 pieces of Henkel … Continue reading
Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Criminal Cases, The Science behind Forensics
Tagged 17 allele, adhesive, brian burner, casey anthony, caylee anthony, cloth, cotton, DNA, duct tape, forensics, gas can, george anthony, henkel, henkel duct tape, orlando utilities commission, PC-621HPT, shovel, shurtape, shurtape duct tape
Caylee Anthony case: Contact DNA testing
Richard Eikelenboom is the expert Casey Anthony’s defense team would like to perform additional DNA testing on the laundry bag and shorts found with Caylee’s remains. Richard and his wife, Selma, are Dutch forensic scientists who started their own business, … Continue reading
Concerning the ‘Junk Science’ Argument against Vass’s Work
Yesterday’s hearing was like a whole a lot of cold leftover stew with just a bit of meat remaining. The majority of the hearing can best be described using Judge Perry’s words…it was one attempt after another by the defense … Continue reading
Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Criminal Cases, The Science behind Forensics
Tagged academy of science, arpad vass, Body Farm, casey anthony, caylee anthony, daubert, decomposition gas, forensics, frye, jose baez, linda kenny baden, oak ridge national laboratory, ornl, PMI, university of tennessee
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Taphonomy
I’m going to make this relatively brief compared to other posts I’ve written on the various topics of forensics. The purpose of this article is just to straighten out the confusion around what an expert in taphonomy is, and what … Continue reading
Decomposition Gases in Casey’s Trunk
An area that I haven’t addressed in the forensics reports released to date concerns the results from the air monitoring performed on samples taken from Casey Anthony’s trunk. These tests were conducted by Dr. Arpad Vass, Dr. Marc Wise, and … Continue reading
