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March 28, 2013 12:37 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vh0wbJwA7do/story01.htm
The mathematics of tabloid news
Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez have an interesting piece at The New York Times about DNA evidence in murder trials, the mathematics of probability, and the highly publicized case of Amanda Knox. What good is remembering the math you learned in junior high? If you're a judge, it could be the difference between a guilty [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vh0wbJwA7do/story01.htm
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