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A comment on Cargo Cult Science (1974).

Re:Cargo Cult Science (1974) by kirrent on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @09:03PM (#11671936)
The parts that always strike me the most about this is that in 1974 Feynman lamented a lack of scientific rigour in deciding how we teach and how we manage crime and the criminal justice system. In both cases, despite 40 years having passed, it's hard to say there's been any large improvement in the application of rigour.
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Re:Cargo Cult Science (1974) by abecedarius on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @12:21AM (#11672641)
There's some progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_lineups

The part that boggled me was how recent (and incomplete) was the introduction of blinding to police lineups. Apparently it really was (and is?) common for the witness to pick out a suspect, and for the cop to know the 'real' suspect and say things like "Are you sure? Take your time."

From another Feynman talk: "This is not yet a scientific age."

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Re:Cargo Cult Science (1974) by naivepiano on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @04:46AM (#11673598)
Do you have any link to that speech/article?
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