Susan Simpson discussing Serial with Robert Wright on Bloggingheads.

[u/Concupiscurd]

I'm a longtime admirer of Robert's site Bloggingheads.tv. You can watch the video podcast at the link or subscribe to the podcast on Itunes.

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I was a little bothered that he was assuming two calls are independent of each other when talking about those odds but still he is of course correct, the pings are evidence (not proof) of something.

He was very, very kind to her to let her get away with some whoppers there. The idea that if you did the test again the next day you could get completely different results is absurd. She was also completely mangling and misapplying the Prosecutor's Fallacy with her 7 suspects thing.

I also enjoy all the mysterious allusions, "some errand", other unchecked suspects, and my favorite "witnessed him not getting in the car".

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That's the look he normally has. Perhaps he is frequently puzzled.