Maybe it was just a joke
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MutilationWave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Made it to a doctorate without understanding that all people everywhere remember and understand things differently.
Four people are in a car that mildly crashed on an icy road. Ask them independently, after a week, to tell the story of what happened.
tja@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
pyre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
it clearly is, and that’s not why hearsay is inadmissible anyway.
it’s inadmissible because it can’t be cross examined.
Mac@mander.xyz 10 months ago
I think they mean eyewitness testimony. eyewitness testimony is not actually worth anything because people don’t remember things properly and often the brain will make shit up just to fill in the blanks—especially when it matters. I was crossing an intersection once and was five paces away from a serious car accident and I couldn’t even remember which car was coming from which direction. wild.
pyre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
that’s another thing, and partly why cross examination is a thing, but eyewitness testimony is not inadmissible. in fact many trials have relied on a single eyewitness testimony, and whether the jury believes the witness or not.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Car crashes are a joke to you?
Amanduh@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I don’t know what a good question to ask is but you seem like you have more interesting things to share on this topic. Would you care to elaborate further?
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Nah not really just banging on the point that eyewitness testimony can be garbage because of the way our brains work.
moistclump@lemmy.world 10 months ago
PhD people aren’t known for their understanding of social situations.
Zozano@lemy.lol 10 months ago
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