Forensic science 司法科学 Ignorance is bliss 无知即是福 Forensic scientists know too much about the casesthey investigate 法医科学家对他们调查的案子知道得太多 AS ALL fans of crime fiction know, DNA is the gold standard of forensic science. Or is it? 所有的罪案小说迷都知道,DNA是司法科学的黄金标准。它到底是么? Itiel Dror, a cognitive psychologist at University College, London, thinks this doctrine ofinfallibility needs to be questioned. 一位伦敦的大学认知心理学专家Itiel Dror认为这个说法的正确性有待考验。 His problem is not with the technology itself, but with the way it is deployed. 他的问题不是针对技术本身而是它进行的方式。 For he has gathered evidence that DNA examiners interpretations of their results are, atleast in complex cases, open to subjectivity and bias. 因为他已经搜集了证据证明DNA鉴定者对他们结果的解释至少在复杂的案子里易受主观性和偏差的影响。 When America s National Academy of Sciences produced a report on the state of forensicscience in 2009, 当美国国家科学院在2009年发表了一片关于司法科学现状的报告时, |