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I'm going to make a prediction that this will get massive hype and pomp surrounding it, and three or four (or whatever) years from now when the first big result
by adventureful 14y ago
I'm going to make a prediction that this will get massive hype and pomp surrounding it, and three or four (or whatever) years from now when the first big result sets roll in, it'll be discovered that it turns out it's not much more (perhaps not at all more), effective than random patrols in bad areas.
Why? Because we live in a dynamic, non-fate based world. Crime is a choice, and cannot actually be predicted (because destiny is not set). I can walk up to the door of a convenience store with a gun, stop, think, and turn back. Thus random patrols in known bad neighborhoods is guaranteed over a large dataset to be as effective as 'predictive' crime technology.
- heroic 14y agoactually, you can not predict crimes of passion, but planned crimes, well, you definitely can, cant you?
- anothermachine 14y agoWhy can't you predict crimes of passion? People with poor impulse control are easy to predict: they react violently or opportunistically to common situations.
- bironran 14y agoWow. You can always count on the internets to provide cheap philosophy. You can predict a crime, just like you can't predict where a drop of rain will fall. But when the weatherman says "80% chance of rain in the north", I'll be sure to take an umbrella.
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