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You should have. If the Earth is as young as you say they are all wrong too.

Physics and astronomy and chemistry all have evidence in their own fields that the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old and life isn't much younger. You have the same quarrel with them as you have with geologists and biologists.

Evidence-based justice: Corrupted memory:

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Now, the 68-year-old scientist's research is starting to bring about lasting changes in the legal system. In July last year, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a ruling based largely on her findings that jurors should be alerted to the imperfect nature of memory and the fallibility of eyewitness testimony as standard procedure. Loftus is working with judges in other states to make such changes more widespread.

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I'm Not Making This Up: Why I'm Skeptical of Eyewitnesses:

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One of the main characteristics of good skepticism about claims is awareness of how easily we fool ourselves. Memory is something that is so often wrong that we have to face up to the reality that stories and witness accounts are the worst kinds of evidence upon which to base your conclusion.

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Memory is not like a tape recorder -- not mine, not yours, not anyone's. This is well-established. Stories are unreliable. You need to have better evidence than eyewitness testimony to back up your claim.

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Yup. Thank goodness few if any scientists operate that way. You forgot to mention hard evidence, observations, and measurements. Plus the peer pressure to get at the truth.

BS. Witnesses are unreliable. Period. Repeatable measurements and observations of the traces left by past events are reliable.