[Iris7]

The "profiling" process, always a matter of guesswork and talent, produces endless hypothesis, and progresses to hopeless group-think. Look how absurd the recent "psycho-sniper" profiling became. Bureaucrats and news media chose the story they like best as if it were fact, circulate the story widely, and then are reinforced in their error when they hear the story as fact in the media and word of mouth. Any competing narrative is ignored. This used to be called a "circle-jerk", a most accurate metaphor.

[mrustow]

The "profiling" process, always a matter of guesswork and talent, produces endless hypothesis, and progresses to hopeless group-think. Look how absurd the recent "psycho-sniper" profiling became. Bureaucrats and news media chose the story they like best as if it were fact, circulate the story widely, and then are reinforced in their error when they hear the story as fact in the media and word of mouth. Any competing narrative is ignored. This used to be called a "circle-jerk", a most accurate metaphor.

So, that's what a "circle-jerk" is, LOL!