T.V. has taught us that CSI experts and their state-of-the-art technology can solve any crime through the power of science. In reality, more often than not the crime-detection technology has turned out to be pseudoscience at best, and outright fraud at worst... used to put innocent people in jail.

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It's really strange that people think of the polygraph as some sort of supernatural lie-detectorr, when it merely detects nervousness.

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The corporate-owned media uses shows like that to promote technological solutions that can be sold to the consumers and law enforcement, while simultaneously convincing the public of the all-powerfulness of the police. I honestly can't stand shows like CSI. It's straight-up propaganda under the auspices of being a murder-mystery show, imo.