Spectroscopic discrimination of shit from shinola

T.H. Painter; M.E. Schaepman; W. Schweitzer; J. Brazile

doi:10.3142/107951407782225848

Spectroscopic discrimination of shit from shinola

T.H. Painter
, M.E. Schaepman
, W. Schweitzer
, J. Brazile

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Abstract

We conducted an experiment to determine whether people can tell shit from Shinola (a brand of shoe polish once manufactured in the United States). We find that to the human eye, the two substances are inseparable given similar morphology, whereas with near-infrared spectroscopy one is easily distinguished from the other.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-23
Journal	Annals of Improbable Research
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3142/107951407782225848
Publication status	Published - 2007

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