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Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence 2 Recent Supreme Court decisions have put judges in the position of having to decide what is “scientific†and what is not.1 Some judges may not feel entirely comfortable making such decisions, in spite of the guidance supplied by the Court and helpfully illuminated by learned commentators. 2 The purpose of this chapter is not to resolve the practical difficulties that judges will encounter in reaching those decisions, but, much more modestly, to demystify the business of science just a bit and to help judges understand the Daubert decision, at least as it appears to a scientist. In the hope of accomplishing these tasks, I take a mildly irreverent look at some formidable subjects. I hope the reader will accept this chapter in that spirit.
Manual de referência em evidências cientÃficas2Recentes decisões do Supremo Tribunal Federal tem colocado os juÃzes na posição detendo que decidir o que é