Saturday, September 25, 2004

Daubert and Pravda

Should general acceptance suffice to sustain a scientific claim? If so, how general must the acceptance be? Lawyers aren't the only ones with a stake in these questions. The Census Bureau should be interested too. According to Pravda, "A group of American scientists believes that underground cities exist on Earth in the fourth dimension."

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Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.