"CAN it be utilized scientifically to determine..." is my issue

it obviously can because it has; mass graves are very different depending on the circumstances, like a plague grave versus a genocide grave

i need a better question to analyze

there are ethical concerns in anthropology about false findings, and forensic science, about doctored results i guess

ask the same question differently

"can" is redundant

would "is" be better?

the science in practice works, its almost like

youre questioning its credibility

if you get what im saying

"CAN it be utilized" it can and it has

Ask as if you're presenting forensic anthropology to an audience that doesn't know what it is

to be fair, a lot of them probably don't.

for me

the word "can" questions if something is able to do something

its like if you were about to pay for food and the cashier asks

"are you sure you can pay that"

so should i ask "Is forensic anthropology utilized scientifically to determine if a mass grave is the site of a human rights violation?"

I'd say more like

That's a similar argument but carries a lot different weight

and the cashier asks "are you sure I can ingest your meaty urethrastick"

and you say yes

"How" or "Why" it's able to

It's a yes or no question unfortunately

hmm

well

well, not yes/no, but agreeable/disagreeable

yes or no

can still works in that sense

if you were to write it like

"can so so work in this applied area, of course it does" but

even that seems off

this is a 200-level forensic science course so i'm not terribly concerned with converting people, but i'd like to make a strong argument at least

is the point of the assignment to find how its applied or just a way to show you know what forensic anthropology is

like a busy work paper

it's kind of busy work but i'm gonna need to present on it shortly, which is more of like... dirty jobs I guess? everyone chose a topic and some people do serial killers and shit

i could just present some ethical concerns and call it a day

professor had no qualms about the question

serial killers wouldve been an easy paper

shoulda woulda coulda

only thing the professor said was "make sure not to list too many or you'll drown yourself in work"