Slightly off-topic, but a Bologna detection kit wouldn't be that difficult to construct: even standard CV software could detect standard Bologna in standard sha

Slightly off-topic, but a Bologna detection kit wouldn't be that difficult to construct: even standard CV software could detect standard Bologna in standard shape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_sausage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_sausage On the other hand, I imagine Italian bologna is prepared with essential oils, so a working Bologna detection kit would also positively identify essential oils. On the other hand, Sagan's kit would be quite a useful tool in detecting baloney. As a non-native speaker, I was particularly thrown off by that, and had to look it up. :) Do I agree with you! Apply the system to homeopathy, and most of it comes off as baloney. The saddest part is, it is often the people who would benefit from 'actual' medicine the most (the sick and the poor) that also fall into the homeopathy trap. At least in the neck of the woods I am from.