I'd also do horrible testifying. I already use to many qualifiers. I suffered from imposter syndrome for much of my life only to realize that most people's confidence is unfounded. I notice my mistakes so much more than others. This includes trusting my memory. I always assumed that other people must have had great memories and understanding because they spoke and acted like they were correct. Turns out that's wrong. People in general are horrible at grading their own competence. Once I realized this, I went from imposter syndrome to elitist. I didn't like being elitist and eventually found a happy medium. Once I realized that people made lots of mistakes, it allowed me to start catching their mistakes with a "trust by verify" mentality. This turned out to be a boon for myself. Seeing how others make mistakes allowed me to even better appreciate not fully trusting my memory or reasoning. Just because something makes absolute sense right now doesn't mean it's right. I also better appreciate having a mix of people on a team. Different opinions are great. There is some kernel of truth/wisdom to be found from any opinion.

Quite a lot, sadly. Including some executions.

It's so frequent that it would scare you to think that your chances of being arrested and convicted of a crime you hadn't committed are higher than getting convicted of a crime you did commit. I read a study out of Harvard if memory serves me correctly. That is the average American commits almost two felony crimes a day. I was arrested once for a misdemeanor DUI, as part of getting my license back was the installation of an interlock device in my vehicle. I was driving to my buddies shop and had to blow in the device to start it and in again within 10 minutes after it was running. It was a 25 mile drive to get to the shop. With 5 miles to go I blew for a third time, I slowed down and was making a left turn off the highway when a car came over a hill and hit my truck in the back of the cab. When I finally came around and registered what had happened I was looking in the opposite direction of where I was going. When the cop showed up he had me get out and wait against his car while he went through my truck. He came back and asked me how much I had to drink and I truthfully stated that I hadn't been drinking he said my truck smelled like alcohol. He asked me to take the field sobriety test and I said okay. I attempted to do the test. But when I stood up and attempted the first one I was so light headed that I almost passed out. He asked if I wanted an ambulance and I said I was okay but felt a bit loopy. He cuffed me and I sat in his car and watched my truck get loaded on a wrecker. While it was being wenched up i saw the rear axle was drug behind the bed of the truck. I noticed the hi lift jack was missing from where it had been bolted to the bed head and some metal straps. I went to jail and then bonded out sunday the very next day. Went to court on monday. After court I went and got my truck back and called it a day and headed home. I woke up Tues to go to work and couldn't stand up. I called my dad and he took me to the indian clinic. They did some X-rays and sent me to the Indian hospital about an hour away. Right before i left to go to the closet trauma center about another hour away they gave me morphine. When I got to the second hospital they did some more tests and I had a severe and some bleeding in the skull concussion. I found out I had lacerated liver and kidneys along with internal bleeding and had to spend the next two weeks. So when I got home it was too late to do something and I had no ability to was fromr46

​@@theEVILone0130 I'm having difficulty connecting that anecdote to wrongful convictions...

@@EddieTheH I'm going on personal experience and local history. Back in the early 90's if I remember correctly there was a Tulsa police officer (along with a few other cops who were involved but the main officer was convicted in federal court. But he was kicking in peoples houses and would seize drugs without a warrant and the majority of the drugs were passed to a street gang associated with the Crips and arrest the people living there and fabric evidence, he would be told who owed money to the gang and arrest them in their house without a warrant and let the gang members in to take whatever they wanted to satisfy the debt. All told there were 400 people that were either granted a new trial and were released with time served or charges dropped some having been in prison for over 15 years and were not guilty of the crimes they were convicted on. The prosecutor knew that charges against most of the defendants were false and evidence false and prosecuted them anyway but since they had retired when the FBI started their investigation and went into private practice the FBI didn't charge the majority of them due to lack of evidence the ones who ran the shit show were jailed and lost their license to practice law but qualified immunity kept them from prison. The main officer was convicted of a couple of murders committed at the gang's request. But I've lived in multiple states and been in trouble in multiple states and once the law is looking at you they are getting you on something.

Yeah, this is pretty much why aviation accidents investigators take eyewitnesses with a huge grain of salt.

Benzene?! That's nasty stuff, we weren't even allowed to have it in the lab back in the UK. They slosh it around in Japanese hospitals though because it's so good for removing surgical tape.

what was the checkup at student health for? thx

@@john-ic5pz it was for lung function test (I am not sure exactly)

Wow. Thanks for the stories!

Water would have been a mistake as well, here's the advice: "When you mix acid with water, it's extremely important to add the acid to the water rather than the other way around. This is because acid and water react in a vigorous exothermic reaction, releasing heat, sometimes boiling the liquid.9 aug 2019"

I don't think she did. Classic case of student not paying proper attention.

Glad you enjoyed it

I think she forgot to put boiling chips in the flask, took the condenser off and it bumped when she did that.

@@ThreeTwentysixso was it her or was it somebody behind you?

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I can't remember, I'm afraid. Definitely orange though.

@@ThreeTwentysix sounds like something with small amounts of bromine. yikes.

It wasn't the chemical, as such, that caused the accident, but rather the (not) boiling liquid - it could have happened with any liquid. As for danger, it would have been appropriate risk for undergraduate labs. That means there are possible hazards such as irritants, corrosive chemicals and flammable chemicals but nothing as dangerous as those found in research labs. I can't remember the actual mixture though.

We knew who she was immediately. She was the one standing, panicking, with hot, corrosive reaction mixture all over her hands. This is what gloves and lab coats are for.

@@ThreeTwentysix Gotcha, thanks for clearing that up. A great lesson in the limits of personal testimony and anecdotes generally. That is why I love science so much, not scientists they can be assholes, but the discovery and constant progress in demonstrating the current best answer to a phenomena and leaving a published trail for future generations. I feel privileged to be smart enough to understand a lot of science, mankind's greatest achievement. Life would be so dull with only the shallow understanding of the average person.