Interesting article, and the cognitive bias discussed is not at all surprising.
It's been a long time since I've seen it, but at one point a while back they were showing re-runs of Quincy M.E., which was one of the really early shows focused on forensic medicine. If I remember correctly, one of the main themes throughout the show was that Quincy's views based on his findings were almost always at odds with the police's conclusions. He investigated and discovered possible answers that no one thought of or heard of, and had to convince everyone else, and that added conflict and drama.
Forever Knight, of course, had a completely different focus, and like most police procedurals they bent the reality and accuracy for narrative purposes (I think the only time that doesn't happen in fiction is when the medical examiner is an incidental character rather than a main or regular supporting character). It would be interesting to see fanfic writers take a different tack, but I wonder if that would constrict the storytelling. If, for example, you had a story where Nat did her thorough examination without interacting with Nick or Schanke or Tracy at all about it, until after she's done with it. I wonder how that lack of interaction would affect the story.
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It's been a long time since I've seen it, but at one point a while back they were showing re-runs of Quincy M.E., which was one of the really early shows focused on forensic medicine. If I remember correctly, one of the main themes throughout the show was that Quincy's views based on his findings were almost always at odds with the police's conclusions. He investigated and discovered possible answers that no one thought of or heard of, and had to convince everyone else, and that added conflict and drama.
Forever Knight, of course, had a completely different focus, and like most police procedurals they bent the reality and accuracy for narrative purposes (I think the only time that doesn't happen in fiction is when the medical examiner is an incidental character rather than a main or regular supporting character). It would be interesting to see fanfic writers take a different tack, but I wonder if that would constrict the storytelling. If, for example, you had a story where Nat did her thorough examination without interacting with Nick or Schanke or Tracy at all about it, until after she's done with it. I wonder how that lack of interaction would affect the story.