[quote="Caj As a matter of fact, it is well known that the opposite happens—e.g., someone shot in the head is more likely to jerk toward the shooter rather than away. . .
. . .Again, simple physics, and lets talk about melons rather than people: . . .
. . .This has been confirmed experimentally, both with melons and cadavers; Caj[/quote]
Someone shot in the head might jerk, but the direction is unpredictable. Nerves and muscle react to the specific stimuli of a particular event, ot particular damage. Your statement is false, becaue there is no “likely”, predicatable reaction to a shot to the head. The laws of physics apply equally to nerve and muscle fiber, as they do to physical force and reaction imposed by impact.
The use of cadavers is much more germane to studying the physcial damage affecting a bullet. I am unaware of any studies in which a cadaver was used to demonstrate, or attempt to duplicate, the physical reaction of a live human being.
I have a video of the melon test you site. The melons don’t always move, but in some of the tests, they roll off the back of the plank upon impact.
This science is useful in a defined scope. It turns to junk science when one set of test conditions is imposed on a dissimilar model. The tactic was initially, predominantly, used in the JFK case to prove conspiracy. But recently some critics are utilizing similar methodology as “evidence” to prove a lone nut. Both sides of this debate appear selective in the questions they ask. When considered in it’s entirety, the evidence is inconclusive. But the fact that LBJ went to his grave believing Cuba was involved, and in consideration of his connections to information in real time, it’s a very significant insight. John Connally never bought into the single bullet theory. We never heard from Mrs. Kennedy. Nellie Connally’s notes are about interesting aspects of the event, her feelings, etc., but she never focuses on the fact that she and the Governor disagreed on the single bullet.
The immediate, documented, observations of those who observed JFK’s body in Dallas are particularly important. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduf appears in a famous photograph in Dallas, immediately after the assassination, in which he is pointing to his right, front, temple demonstrating where the president was hit. He was informing the press of what the doctors in Dallas observed, and told him. The Dallas doctors, in real time, considered the throat wound an entry wound, and described it as such. These are important facts that have not been refuted.
It’s interesting that many documentaries concluding “lone nut” have a particular focus on Lee Harvey Oswald’s “smirk”. He appears rather blank-faced to my observation, but I respect that those editors are seeing something I don’t. The wink and smile of Congressman Al Thomas, to LBJ (who is standing beside Jackie), aboard air force one, immediately following LBJ’s swearing in, oddly isn’t mentioned when facial expression becomes ‘evidence.’ It’s noteworthy if only to demonstrate the incorrectness of such a gesture.
