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The court proceedings proved frustrating. Dr. Wood recounts the judicial dismissals, characterized by a cursory eight-minute hearing, where judges appeared to ignore the substantive claims she raised. This included a noteworthy moment when a judge made a glib reference to historical events, likening the collapse investigation to conspiracy theories surrounding the moon landing and the assassination of JFK. Such dismissive attitudes by the court only reinforced Dr. Wood's feelings of being marginalized within the scientific community.