In her ethnography wheeling & dealing, patricia adler investigates the social and professional worlds of midlevel cocaine and marijuana smugglers. her research started unexpectedly when she discovered that her next-door neighbor and friend was a drug smuggler. this was a huge advantage for her because it meant that she already had with one of her informants.

Ascientist successfully predicts the outcome of an experiment. you watch carefully and know he didn't cheat. the scientist's success shows that: a) the scientist knows absolute truth about this experiment; success is not possible unless you know the truthb) the scientist was just lucky; no one ever knows what's going on, so successful predictions require luckc) the scientist may know the truth, or at least know something that is close to the truth, or the scientist may have gotten lucky this time; you can't be absolutely sured) the scientist really was cheating, even though you didn't see the cheating; no one can get things right, except by cheatinge) the scientist spent the night at a particular hotel chain and go a free breakfast, giving the scientist the ability to do amazing things