That was the conclusion of a morning-long expert session sponsored last week by the SCAN Foundation.

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That is the conclusion of Joseph Grundfest, a securities class-action expert, professor of law and business at Stanford Law School and former commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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He has written a hymn of praise to the judgment of the many, adducing case after surprising case where the amalgamated views of a crowd reach a more accurate conclusion than the single expert does.

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When Pat Wertheim analysed the evidence along with Allan Bayle, a fingerprint expert formerly of New Scotland Yard, they both came to the same shocking conclusion.

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Toxicology tests carried out as part of the autopsy were handed to an expert in Geneva for analysis before a definitive conclusion was reached, but the tests found that there was no trace of stimulants.

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