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literallyaduck

Understand concepts and removing bias are totally different.

Consider:

https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-slow-mo...

https://law.temple.edu/aer/2021/02/08/selectively-trusting-s...

It is also clear that digital photography from phones is far from an accurate representation of events.

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> It is also clear that digital photography from phones is far from an accurate representation of events.

True, but if you exclude any evidence that is “far from an accurate representation of events” then we have no legal system left. Eye witness reports isn’t reliable, DNA evidence isn’t reliable. A case is built on the sum of many unreliable parts, and there a smartphone video or photo is at least significantly more reliable than eye witness accounts.

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