Maybe it was just a joke
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MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years ago
pyre@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
Car crashes are a joke to you?
Amanduh@lemm.ee 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
PhD people aren’t known for their understanding of social situations.
Zozano@lemy.lol 2 years ago
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