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School of Law. The author would like to thank Michael J. Saks and Mark P. Denbeaux for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this Article. 1. See Richard H. Underwood, "X-Spurt" Witnesses, 19 AM. J. TRIAL ADVOC. 343, 34548 (1995) (discussing increasing role of expert testimony). 2. See FED. R. EVID. 704(a) (stating that "testimony . . . is not objectionable because it embraces an ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact"). 3. See D. Michael Risinger et al., Exorcism of Ignorance as a Proxy for Rational Knowledge: The Lessons of Handwriting Identification "Expertise," 137 U. PA. L. REV. 731,