Dostoevsky's "Brother's Karamazov" cleverly spoofs the careless inexpertness of what often passes for expert legal testimony. Three medical experts are called to testify whether Dmitri Karamazov was sane or insane when committing the alleged murder of his father. Naturally, the experts all disagree, with each completely convinced of the incontrovertible truth of his own … [Read more...] about Is Expert Testimony in Court Cases really Expert?
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Why are we so fascinated by Violence?
Violence, of course, is all around us in reality, and perhaps we like to talk and read about it to make it understandable to us. How is it possible that someone could cut off someone’s head? we wonder reading the news or even watching the beheading by a masked man who speaks our language, English, to us on a video. Where does such evil come from? And why does it continue to … [Read more...] about Why are we so fascinated by Violence?
