Wisdom from the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences

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The Stranger made you sit through this? That's nearly as cruel as making reporters sit through the health care summit yesterday.

Tremodian on February 26, 2010 at 12:48 PM

Nope. I volunteered.

Brendan Kiley on February 26, 2010 at 12:52 PM

yungrii mobliatri on February 26, 2010 at 1:05 PM

What's the incentive to take levamisole off the market? It's hard to visualize any state legislatures tightening regulation on a legal product to protect users of an illegal product, wise as it may be. And it's equally hard to see manufacturers doing it voluntarily. Is there some kind of liability attached?

Nathaniel Irons on February 26, 2010 at 1:10 PM

I'm jealous that you're getting to attend this. If only per-day registration wasn't $150!

girlstyle on February 26, 2010 at 1:40 PM

Kidding aside, some of the topics sounded interesting way beyond forensics, like: "Prevalence of Asphyxial Games in Sadomasochists and Nonsadomasochists," "Newborn Kidnapping by Crude Cesarean Section" (because that's about as bad a thing as there I can imagine), and "The Scientific Genius of Archimedes: How Do We Know That Much of It Was Real?" Any word from those?

Tremodian on February 26, 2010 at 1:41 PM

Yikes!!! (tell me more)

TripleX on February 26, 2010 at 2:02 PM

This is the best thing on SLOG ever. Please post more and longer. This event sounds amazing!

on February 26, 2010 at 4:09 PM

Brendan - you cheated!

All of the topics you list were from the poster sessions.

Did you actually attend any of the scientific sessions - you know, where an actual person disccusses their research?

There was actually a pretty humorous presentation of physical matches of duct tape tears that included photos of babies duct taped to walls.

on February 26, 2010 at 6:39 PM

Cool! Thank you.

Amelia on February 26, 2010 at 10:38 PM