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re: Criminal Profilers: A pseudoscience?
I would not call the use of inductive reasoning "soft science".
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Criminal Profilers: A pseudoscience?
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Jody
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9/11/2008 2:00:51 AM
re: Criminal Profilers: A pseudoscience?
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gbaikie
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9/11/2008 3:11:00 PM
I would not call the use of inductive reasoning "soft science".
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alcaray
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9/12/2008 7:45:06 PM
By George, I think he's got it!
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Mary Anne
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9/12/2008 6:44:09 PM
"Microscopes are prudent in an emergency"
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ER
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9/12/2008 8:12:51 PM
Yes.
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ER
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9/11/2008 3:30:47 AM
You might find it interesting to investigate the process a bit.
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Bowser
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9/11/2008 4:23:12 AM
That's not profiling. That's detective work.
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ER
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9/11/2008 10:26:48 AM
Profiling is not what you see on TV.
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alcaray
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9/12/2008 1:25:06 AM
OK, don't.
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Bowser
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9/11/2008 2:27:43 PM
"No one stabs another person 20 times simply to kill them."
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ARRELL
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9/11/2008 4:39:15 AM
Obviously that could happen. And when is the last time you heard of that?
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Bowser
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9/11/2008 5:10:27 AM
"And when is the last time you heard of that?"- I guess my point is...
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ARRELL
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9/11/2008 5:24:43 AM
Nope. Profiling is a science.
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Eri
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9/11/2008 3:02:16 AM
"... if it didn't work, they wouldn't still be using it."
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ER
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9/11/2008 1:10:29 PM
Well....
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ARRELL
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9/11/2008 3:41:45 AM
No.
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Bowser
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9/11/2008 2:19:33 AM
Just the facts, ma'am.
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ER
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9/11/2008 1:02:17 PM
I don't believe one has to worry about profiling being taken too seriously.
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Bowser
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9/11/2008 2:36:56 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.