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Forensic science is also highly prone to confirmation bias. It's a rather low bar to say something was investigated forensically.

Unfortunately, this means that even valid discoveries funded by someone with a story already in mind can't be given much weight, because there's no way of knowing what discoveries their preexisting bias prevented them from finding or acknowledging.




Review this document, and decide for yourself:

http://www.nl-aid.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Sognnaes.pd...




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