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Pretty much all the pig procedurals you've seen for the last two decades delighted in showing you forensics that are about as real as phrenology.

Millions and millions of jurors persuaded by this deliberate copaganda
How the junk science of hair analysis keeps people behind bars
The technique, developed before DNA testing, can’t definitively tie suspects to crime scenes. Try explaining that to juries — or some judges.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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For generations, when you learned to program you were constantly being forced to be better at paying attention to the words on the screen. Noticing you'd made a typo, noticing you'd used the wrong argument, noticing shit in general.

Over time, you got better at noticing the words on the screen.
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Learning how to pay attention to small details, how to deliberately strain yourself to notice tiny details that are off, is a skill programmers learn the painful way.

And, using a chatbot deskills you in this very extremely important skill of being able to pay attention to small details.
December 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM