Comments on: Malcolm Gladwell on the Art of Criminal Profiling http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/malcolm-gladwell-on-art-of-criminal.php Understand your mind with the science of psychology - Mon, 04 May 2009 10:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/malcolm-gladwell-on-art-of-criminal.php/comment-page-1#comment-20737 Anonymous Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:43:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/11/malcolm-gladwell-on-the-art-of-criminal-profiling.php#comment-20737 Unfortunately the profilers detailed seem to have a lack of testable theories. Relying on the insights of individuals isn't good science when you don't know the motivation or drive of the profilers. Unfortunately the profilers detailed seem to have a lack of testable theories. Relying on the insights of individuals isn't good science when you don't know the motivation or drive of the profilers.

]]> By: The All-seeing I http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/malcolm-gladwell-on-art-of-criminal.php/comment-page-1#comment-20733 The All-seeing I Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:40:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/11/malcolm-gladwell-on-the-art-of-criminal-profiling.php#comment-20733 This one also covers 99.9% of men on the planet:<br /><br />> He will be either never married, divorced, or married, and if he was or is married his wife will be younger or older.<br /><br />The article is a very good read. And the Captain, above, pointed out the fact that FBI Profilers/Interrogators use the same techniques as Psychics and Horoscope wirters. It's all in the New Yorker article. This one also covers 99.9% of men on the planet:

> He will be either never married, divorced, or married, and if he was or is married his wife will be younger or older.

The article is a very good read. And the Captain, above, pointed out the fact that FBI Profilers/Interrogators use the same techniques as Psychics and Horoscope wirters. It's all in the New Yorker article.

]]> By: Captain Sarcastic http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/malcolm-gladwell-on-art-of-criminal.php/comment-page-1#comment-20725 Captain Sarcastic Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:51:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/11/malcolm-gladwell-on-the-art-of-criminal-profiling.php#comment-20725 Wow; that is almost like a horoscope or one of those television psychics in its specificity. <br /><br />This one is especially useless:<br /><br />> He will like to masturbate<br /><br />as it describes 99.9% of the men on this planet Wow; that is almost like a horoscope or one of those television psychics in its specificity.

This one is especially useless:

> He will like to masturbate

as it describes 99.9% of the men on this planet

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