Malcolm Gladwell calls something hokum? Hard for a skeptic to know where to come down on that one.
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
bon bon - Dec 01, 2009 11:52:00 am PST #4346 of 11831
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Ginger - Dec 01, 2009 12:03:11 pm PST #4347 of 11831
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Large scale automated fingerprint analysis is less than two decades old and the national system is only 10 years old. Prior to that, the FBI had 200 million plus fingerprint cards on file, all analyzed manually.
Connie Neil - Dec 01, 2009 12:10:44 pm PST #4348 of 11831
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I read a Writer's Guide to Crime Scene Investigation by a woman who used to do all that sort of thing, and she said she was one of the few people who could easily match by eye from a card without lots of magnifying equipment.
Zenkitty - Dec 01, 2009 1:11:02 pm PST #4349 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I would be much more impressed if criminal profiling weren't, you know, hokum.
Hee. You've got to give the writers credit for some touch with reality, though; I think there are more CM episodes where the profile is TOTALLY WRONG than ones where they nail it from the beginning. Like that article said, different people may do the same things for very different reasons.
As for profiling and cold reading, I've been convincing people I'm psychic for years. I once guessed a guy's name and "sun sign" having known him for about five minutes. He almost wet his pants. (George, Taurus.)
Vortex - Dec 01, 2009 1:13:51 pm PST #4350 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think there are more CM episodes where the profile is TOTALLY WRONG than ones where they nail it from the beginning.
yes, they often get it wrong on the first go.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 01, 2009 3:25:49 pm PST #4351 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
No, they showed the season opener again.
Thank you, ita.
And a jaunty raspberry to Zenkitty
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2009 4:21:57 pm PST #4352 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Zenkitty - Dec 01, 2009 8:48:25 pm PST #4353 of 11831
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Aw, sad. What's the site where you got that, ita?
§ ita § - Dec 02, 2009 4:37:19 am PST #4354 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Spoilertv.com.
Polter-Cow - Dec 02, 2009 7:47:27 am PST #4355 of 11831
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Homicide: The Complete Series for $60 on Amazon. Fantastic deal.