(September 19, 2019 at 8:07 pm)chimp3 Wrote: No different. I would hope that the expert witnesses would support their argument with scientific data. I would hope the expert witness was not taken at their word just because they are considered an authority.
In the cases I've watched so far, the experts are pretty clear on what leads them to their conclusions. It's generally science or experience in a field.
But in this case it seems you are accepting authoritative testimony as evidence. Perhaps with the stipulation that "authoritative" includes something like "science-based."
