6 ms·

Pretty much all of forensics isn't real. Blood splatter analysis, polygraphs, fingerprinting. That doesn't mean it doesn't put people in jail.

• trogdor 1y ago
  What, specifically, are you claiming is “not real” about fingerprinting?
  • thunderfork 1y ago
    There's a common belief that fingerprint analysis is objective and reliable, but there's a great deal of subjectivity involved. Additionally, there have been several convictions involving fingerprints as evidence which were eventually overturned. While they may still be useful, they have an image of infallibility that doesn't line up with reality.
  • adolph 1y ago
    Their use as evidence has been challenged by academics, judges and the media. There are no uniform standards for point-counting methods, and academics have argued that the error rate in matching fingerprints has not been adequately studied and that fingerprint evidence has no secure statistical foundation. Research has been conducted into whether experts can objectively focus on feature information in fingerprints without being misled by extraneous information, such as context. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint