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The parts that always strike me the most about this is that in 1974 Feynman lamented a lack of scientific rigour in deciding how we teach and how we manage crim
by kirrent 10y ago
The parts that always strike me the most about this is that in 1974 Feynman lamented a lack of scientific rigour in deciding how we teach and how we manage crime and the criminal justice system. In both cases, despite 40 years having passed, it's hard to say there's been any large improvement in the application of rigour.
- abecedarius 10y agoThere's some progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_lineups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_lineups The part that boggled me was how recent (and incomplete) was the introduction of blinding to police lineups. Apparently it really was (and is?) common for the witness to pick out a suspect, and for the cop to know the 'real' suspect and say things like "Are you sure? Take your time." From another Feynman talk: "This is not yet a scientific age."
- naivepiano 10y agoDo you have any link to that speech/article?