David Epstein
David Epstein
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We're in a republic, not a democracy. The founders were very careful to say they were worried about allowing people to directly elect representatives.
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If we had that again, where somebody won the election without winning the popular vote, the system would be changed in an instant,
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When we started studying it in 1998, frankly, it worked much better than we ever anticipated.
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Our goal is to find out how many landowners are interested. They should give us a call. We're looking for willing landowners.
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In 1994, the testing was done directly on the sample, and if the stain was degraded or too small, you got insufficient results. Now, it's amplified by making copies of the target DNA. So the labs can work with smaller samples or partially degraded samples.
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It was appropriate to do something to make a dent in the compensation that the bishop hadn't received,
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Nothing is infallible, but it's much more robust today. When performed to specifications, DNA test results are 100 percent accurate.
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The Saarinen building is open and big, but you can fit it in our lobby.
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A bikini bottom is not much different from what we're wearing. A few inches of flesh isn't going to make a difference.
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This is where the rubber hits the road. Generally it's a 2-8 week training program these folks go through, but if you ask them and say, 'Who do you work for?' they'd say 'I work for AT&T.' They wouldn't say Precision Response. We go out of our way to lose that identity.
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You talk to mayors and council members in these river communities and they know every street in town. It's almost a prerequisite for their jobs. But very, very few know the river. It's a forgotten river.
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I think there is a lot of quality control and quality assurance built into what we're doing here. There is a high degree of comfort for companies to make that leap of faith.