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August 3, 2019Roger Koppl

Symposium on Roger Koppl’s Expert Failure

Just published in C+T. classical liberalismcosmos & taxisexpertiseroger koppl

January 20, 2012cognition, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, extended mind, externalism, forensic science, forensics, Itiel Dror, Roger Koppl, social epistemology, testimony

Ignorance is Bliss

Here’s an article in The Economist that my colleague, Roger Koppl, who has done terrific work in the field of forensic evidence, alerted me to. The article mentions Itiel Dror who I’ve been in correspondence with though Roger. I know Itiel’s work through his co-edited Cognition Distributed. Here is his co-authored “extended mind” chapter. Forensic scienceScience in Society

December 21, 2011austrian economics, epistemic engineering, forensic science, forensics, monopoly, Roger Koppl, social epistemology

Forensic Science and Criminal Law

My chum and colleague Roger Koppl in action. DNAForensic science

January 26, 2011applied ethics, epistemic systems, epistemics, Everard James Cowan, Forbes, forensic science, forensics, injustice, Institute for Forensic Science Administration, justice, Roger Koppl, social epistemology

An experimental study of blind proficiency tests in forensic science

Check out the very important work being done by Roger Koppl and his associate Jim Cowan of the Institute for Forensic Science Administration (for an accessible overview of Roger and Jim’s work see Roger’s Forbes interview from a few years back). To get a sense just how vital their work is consider the stats cited…

November 21, 2008austrian economics, csi, distributed knowledge, DNA, Economics, economist, episteme, epistemology, forensic science, forensics, Roger Koppl, social epistemology, think markets

An Economist’s Insight

Roger Koppl was been banging on about knowledge monopolies for the last year or so. I’ve heard comments to the effect: “What business is it of an economist meddling in the world of forensics?” Roger makes the point crystal clear in a recent posting of his. I quote the punchline: The issue is not getting the…

November 14, 2008austrian economics, Austrian Economics Colloquium, Bill Butos, complexity, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, Economics, Gene Callahan, hayek, Mario Rizzo, Roger Koppl, think markets

Think Markets

I’d like to give a plug to a blog that’s just been started by some members of the Colloquium on Market Institutions and Economic Processes at the Department of Economics, New York University – ThinkMarkets. With names like Mario Rizzo, Bill Butos, Gene Callahan and Roger Koppl involved (this is no slight on the other contributors…

August 14, 2008cognitive science, criminal verdicts, csi, episteme, epistemology, Forbes, forensic science, forensics, John Tierney, justice, new york times, Radley Balko, Roger Koppl, social epistemology

Bad science story picked up the NYT

The Roger Koppl story that I’ve been plugging for a few months has been picked up by the New York Times.

August 12, 2008criminal verdicts, csi, epistemology, Forbes, forensics, Radley Balko, Roger Koppl, slate, social epistemology, testimony

Follow up to: What’s Wrong With CSI

Here’s an article in Slate “hot off the press” by Roger Koppl and Radley Balko. It makes for a nice follow up to the earlier Forbes story (and Koppl article) I drew attention to.

August 9, 20081, criminal verdicts, csi, DNA, Economics, episteme, epistemology, evidence, fbi, Forbes, forensic science, forensics, justice, Roger Koppl, social epistemology, testimony

What’s Wrong With CSI

I’ve had several requests to make this recent article available despite it still being freely available on the Forbes site (I know there have been some annoying pop-up advertisement windows.) Anyway, check out Roger’s co-authored article for EPISTEME on this topic: Epistemics for Forensics. Forensic evidence doesn’t always tell the truth. Forensic evidence is foolproof,…