Debunking Gladwell's Analysis of Amanda Knox: #1

Описание: CrimeRocket.com

True Crime sets a high bar for truth-telling, and though Gladwell means well, it's questionable whether he succeeds in clarifying the Knox case or contaminating it even more than it already is.

Bear in mind, his book isn't a book on the Amanda Knox case, it's a book about something else, and the Amanda Knox case is just one short chapter on the way to making his points about effective discourse with strangers.

In this series True Crime Rocket Science will evaluate Gladwell's assertions on Knox. In itself, Gladwell's "thin-slicing" of the Knox case is fortuitous - it's an excellent summary of the mainstream narrative and what's wrong with it. It also shows how in our haste to make our "expert" opinions known, we are tempted to cherry pick the low hanging fruit that suits our own confirmation bias. True crime can't be rushed, and complex criminal cases shouldn't be treated like a convenience store for civil intertextuality.

The Legal Files Trilogy covering the trials of of Amanda Knox:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...