Scientific experiments provide us with data. Historical investigations (including criminal investigations) provide us with facts. The raw data and facts don’t speak, say, or tell us anything. Observers and thinkers assess the data and facts, interpret them, and provide “findings” and “conclusions.” The problem, of course, is that observers and thinkers (whether they are scientists, historians, or just common jurors like you and me) hold presuppositions, and these presuppositional biases affect the way they form conclusions. If, for example, you are part of a post-enlightenment scientific
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