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Imagine what life would be like if a suspect could be convicted of a crime simply on the intuition of a police officer. We would do away with long drawn-out trials. Unfortunately, different officers would have different intuitions. Miscarriages of justice would be the norm. Society would fall apart.
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© 2001 Peter Kahn
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Kahn, P. (2001). Thinking Logically. In: Studying Mathematics and its Applications. Palgrave Study Guides. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10601-8_6
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