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The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

~Bertrand Russell

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As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely to yield a weapon as those of white New Yorkers - and a third less likely to yield contraband. Despite this evidence, the vast majority of those stopped are young black and Latino men.

~Bill De Blasio

Topics: Advocate African African Americans American Barely Black Despite Evidence Half Latino Less Likely Majority Men New New Yorkers Public Released Report Stopped Third Those Vast Vast Majority Weapon Were White Yield Young

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After a plane or train crash, the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches its experts within two hours. The investigators in their familiar jackets take charge of the scene, secure evidence, follow leads.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: After Board Charge Crash Evidence Experts Familiar Follow Hours Jackets Leads National Plane Safety Scene Secure Take Train Transportation Two Within

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Polygraphs are not allowed as evidence in most U.S. courts, but they're routinely used in police investigations, and the Defense Department relies heavily on them for security screening.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Allowed Courts Defense Department Evidence Investigations Most Police Screening Security Them Used

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Many police departments still use DNA evidence the way they have used fingerprints and tire tracks: to determine whether a suspect committed the crime.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Committed Crime Departments Determine Evidence Fingerprints Many Police Still Suspect Tire Tracks Use Used Way Whether Dna

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In Los Angeles, the Police Department buys a 40-foot refrigerated trailer truck every six months just to hold DNA evidence.

~Bill Dedman

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Scientists want to know the evidence behind a statement; they want reproducible tests and verifiable facts. There is a big difference in the thought process of a trial lawyer who is interested not in what's true but what he can convince a jury is true.

~Bill Foster

Topics: Behind Big Big Difference Convince Difference Evidence Facts He Interested Jury Know Lawyer Process Scientists Statement Tests Thought Thought Process Trial Trial Lawyer True Want Who

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One of the big concerns is the increasing disrespect for the scientific method and for policies that aren't based on facts and evidence.

~Bill Foster

Topics: Based Big Concerns Disrespect Evidence Facts Increasing Method Policies Scientific Scientific Method

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As computer intelligence gets better, what will be possible when we interface our brains with computers? It might sound scary, but early evidence suggests otherwise: interfacing brains with machines can be helpful in treating traumatic brain injury, repairing spinal cord damage, and countless other applications.

~Bill Maris

Topics: Applications Better Brain Brains Computer Computers Cord Countless Damage Early Evidence Gets Helpful Injury Intelligence Interface Machines Might Other Otherwise Our Possible Scary Sound Spinal Traumatic Treating Will

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There is good evidence that Venus once had liquid water and a much thinner atmosphere, similar to Earth billions of years ago. But today the surface of Venus is dry as a bone, hot enough to melt lead, there are clouds of sulfuric acid that reach a hundred miles high and the air is so thick it's like being 900 meters deep in the ocean.

~Bill Nye

Topics: Acid Air Atmosphere Being Billions Bone Clouds Deep Dry Earth Enough Evidence Good Had High Hot Hundred Lead Like Liquid Melt Miles Much Ocean Once Reach Similar Surface Thick Thinner Today Venus Water Years Years Ago

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