ensure the statue was genuine. A team of scientists investigated the kouros; they analyzed each inch on its surface, performed tests, and confirmed that the statue was not a fake. The Getty then asked leading art experts to evaluate the authenticity of the kouros. At one glance, the experts correctly called it a fake (Gladwell 3). Gladwell elaborates that the scientists, who painstakingly investigated the statue, failed to correctly identify…
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