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The Mistake of the Machine: Can a Machine Prove Guilt? | Father Brown
A suspect is behind bars. A scientific test seems to support the case. Father Brown still has questions.
In The Mistake of the Machine, the priest's travels in America bring him into a debate about crime, evidence and the promise of mechanical certainty. A prison governor's confidence is no substitute for understanding the person being judged.
This G. K. Chesterton detective story asks how much faith an investigator should place in a test. Find more puzzles of human nature in HRV's Father Brown collection.
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