355 Simon A. Cole, Fingerprinting: The First Junk Science?, 28 OKLA. CITY U. L. REV.
73 (2003). For example, consider the following:
1. The proposition is urged that The Ordeal (sealing accused witches in gunny sacks
weighted with rocks and hurling them into a body of water, with sinking indicating
guilt as a witch) is 100% accurate and error-free when performed by a competent
“ordealist.”
2. A case of error is exposed. (The purported victim of witchcraft turns up alive and
well.)
3. The implicated ordealists are deemed incompetent.
4. The proposition has not been falsified.