关于人体的这6个“事实”其实是伪科学
<p>一直以来，我们都认为每个人的指纹都是独一无二的，但事实果真如此吗？以下是我们都坚信的一些关于人体的“事实”，但已经被证实是伪科学。</p><p><span word="Myth">Myth</span> 1: <span word="Your">Your</span> <span word="fingerprints">fingerprints</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="completely">completely</span> <span word="unique">unique</span></p><p>误解一：你的指纹是独一无二的</p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="fingerprints">fingerprints</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="played">played</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="forensic">forensic</span> <span word="investigations">investigations</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Scottish">Scottish</span> <span word="scientist">scientist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="physician">physician</span> <span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="Faulds">Faulds</span> <span word="who">who</span>, <span word="in">in</span> 1888, <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="article">article</span> <span word="asserting">asserting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wholly">wholly</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fingerprints">fingerprints</span>.</p><p>一个多世纪以来，指纹一直在法医鉴定中发挥着巨大的作用。指纹说源起于苏格兰科学家和医生亨利•福尔兹1888年写的一篇论文，论文中声称每个人都有独一无二的指纹。</p><p><span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="print">print</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="criminal">criminal</span> <span word="conviction">conviction</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="conclusively">conclusively</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="collections">collections</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whorls">whorls</span>, <span word="loops">loops</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="arches">arches</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> (<span word="short">short</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="gathering">gathering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prints">prints</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="comparing">comparing</span> <span word="them">them</span>).</p><p>现在，在错误的地方留下一个指纹就足以定罪。但是，我们还无法最终证明我们所收集到的各种指纹（斗型纹、箕型纹、弓型纹）都是独一无二的，更不用说收集和比较那些已经过世的人的指纹了。</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span>," <span word="Mike">Mike</span> <span word="Silverman">Silverman</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="forensic">forensic</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="regulator">regulator</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Kingdom">Kingdom</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Telegraph">Telegraph</span>. "<span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="improbable">improbable</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="winning">winning</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lottery">lottery</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="week">week</span>."</p>
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