Expecting a Miracle

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke wrote these words in 1973, the third of three laws he described in his book Profiles of the Future. These laws were meant to help guide readers’ imagination beyond the constraints of the merely possible, encouraging them to push beyond into the world of the

Science?

A few months ago, I listened to an audiobook entitled The Coroner King and the Country Dentist, by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington. The book focuses on Dr. Steven Hayne, former medical examiner for the state of Mississippi, as well as his frequent collaborator, Dr. Michael West, a prominent proponent of forensic odontology, better known as