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...memory at the University of East London, says there are tests capable of assessing whether Darwin was feigning amnesia, but that none - including a polygraph - is entirely reliable. Jansari told TIME he expected the evaluation would "try to capitalize on the discrepancy between true amnesia and what a layperson would think it is." He says that while it is "perfectly possible" Darwin could not remember spending time with his wife since 2002, "it would be a really weird Hollywood movie where he's amnesic, she's claiming his insurance, and he's not aware...
...seems to believe.But scientists would not agree with the public’s estimation, and they would be right not to: Our society’s conception of the scientist is warped beyond any resemblance to reality. Sitting at a lab bench in Boston, on the gray cusp between layperson and scientist, I’ve had a rare opportunity to see scientists from within as well as without. This past January, BBC.com ran a story headlined “Science ‘not for normal people,’” which cited research that aimed...
...since Perry’s employer was a corporation, Dobson said, Benally had no right to act as its representative before the NNLC. “It is well established that a layperson may not represent a business entity,” Dobson wrote in a brief before the court...
Most of us have learned at leastthe basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, at some point in our lives. The layperson's--and sometimes the doctor's--emergency treatment of choice when someone goes into cardiac arrest, CPR involves using the heel of the hand to push deeply into the victim's chest, while administering periodic mouth-to-mouth breaths. But the sobering fact is that the procedure just doesn't work very well; in fact, almost 95% of cardiac-arrest victims die before they reach a medical center. In light of a stat like that one, the American...
...Lift” does not seem particularly interested in speaking to a broad audience. To the layperson, the exhibition might seem short on interpretation and heavy on architectural representation. For instance, the most compelling design—an expensive house along a much-politicized strip of beachside property, over which a battle is being fought regarding public access to the coastline—becomes an almost fetishized sculptural object. Other portions of the exhibit are left similarly unclear: the study models that Maltzan produced during his design process are left to speak for themselves and the oversize architectural cross-sections...