The functional disability caused by IBM reduces QoL, but psychosocial factors such as mood affect QoL directly and by influencing the degree to which disease severity reduces QoL. Further study should follow the effects of IBM on QoL over time and look at the influence of other psychosocial factors. Such studies may point to psychosocial interventions that may help improve QoL in IBM even if the disease itself cannot be treated.

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The disconnect between modes of knowledge production inforensics (mostly collaborative) and academic study in the humanities (mostly solo work) is a chasm that can complicate the transition fiom tournament competitor to professional scholar. Might arrangements that promote joint authorship help harmonize the two modes of knowledge production and convert creative energy fiom the forensics setting to the academic publishing enterprise? This essay considers the possibility, reflecting on how efforts to coordinate collaborative knowledge production in debate authors working groups relate to professional development challenges isolated in the 1974 The analysis sheds light on issues of perennial importance for the forensics community and also contributes understanding of how recent technological and sodological trends portend changes in the process of knowledge production for the academy writ large.