Why the insults? Aren't you the one that cries all the time about name calling yet here you go again totally unprovoked? The weird thing is I agreed with you and you keep coming back with more crap about hypnotizing witnesses? I gave an example of Colin Ferguson that killed people on a train and was tackled. There's no disputing he killed those people. No trick questioning, no hypnotizing. Why are you arguing? Are you OK Larry?
On 2/11/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The idea is that memory is too fallible to rely on it alone. What's needed is > independent collaboration, other people, independent facts etc. > > So-called hypnotically enhanced is not admissable in the courts for very good > reasons, while hypnotized people tend to be very good at confabulating > memory. Its easy to introduce false or tainted memories just by the way the > person is questioned. The same is the case for normal questioning of people, > one major factor is called Interogative Suggestibility (see > http://www.trowbridgefoundation.org/docs/suggestibility.htm or > http://www.trowbridgefoundation.org/docs/interrogative_suggestibility.htm) > for an example of some research in this area. Its the degree to which > people's accounts of an event can be changed by simple questioning. i.e., > asking the witness if they saw the red car hit the blue one. Later the > witness reports the red car hitting the side of the blue one, when there was > no red car in the first place. > > All of these factors must be taken into account. The idea is that unsupported > eye witness testimony is suspect and should not be taken as gospel, unless > its supported by other witnesses etc. > > Sam I know that the two trowbridge articles will be quite heavy going for > you, given your hostility to words with more than one syllable but try > anyhow, you might actually learn something. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227762 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
