NancyLebovitz comments on Can we dodge the mindkiller? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 16 June 2013 12:57:40AM 3 points [-]

Rationalists might be likely to agree that more research to improve forensics would be a good idea, and likewise for handling witnesses' memories with care. For example, you get better results if you show a witness possible suspects one at a time rather than all at once in a lineup. In the latter case, people are likely to choose the person who most resembles the criminal rather than admitting that none of them are an excellent match for what the witness remembers.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 16 June 2013 04:10:44AM 1 point [-]

research to improve forensics would be a good idea

Is anyone against this except to the extent it has to compete for funding with other priorities?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 16 June 2013 08:13:57AM 3 points [-]

Improved forensics means that the people in charge might be proved to be wrong.

Not quite what you're looking for, but here's some resistance to using what has already been discovered.