An FBI Counterterrorism Agent Tracked Me Down Because I Took a Picture of This

Re:An FBI Counterterrorism Agent Tracked Me Down Because I T... by waterlesscloud on Monday July 14, 2014 @11:38PM (#8034644)

I'm telling you they shouldn't.

They should exercise some judgment, realize some bored-ass security guards (think about how dull it must be to guard a site like that) made a report just to feel important, and then toss it right in the trash can.

It was a guy taking pictures of a structure in public. No, the FBI should not be tracking him down.

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Re:An FBI Counterterrorism Agent Tracked Me Down Because I T... by jonnybgood on Monday July 14, 2014 @11:50PM (#8034681)

So you want the FBI to risk establishing cognitive biases instead of going out and finding the truth?

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Re:An FBI Counterterrorism Agent Tracked Me Down Because I T... by serf on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @01:39AM (#8034965)

Yes, except I want them to establish cognitive biases. Let's leave off that 'risk' part, as the risk is already inherent when you bark up wrong trees throughout the investigation. (time loss is the result of the risk posed by uncertain guesswork)

Let's get rid of that 'instead' you used, too. Sneaky! There's no reason for 'establish cognitive bias' and 'find the truth' to be exclusive from one another, is there?

So here's the new cleaned up version I think I can get behind :

"I would like the FBI to establish cognitive biases as a tool towards the goal of finding the truth."

Much better!

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