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pyuser583 on June 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ted Kaczynski has died

It’s not insightful. But it’s obvious he is highly educated, and familiar with academic culture.

I don’t understand how the FBI profiled him as poorly educated.

carabiner on June 11, 2023 | [–]

They profiled him based on the bombs, which had deliberate crudeness and mistakes as red herrings. They hadn't seen the manifesto at that point.

Eisenstein on June 11, 2023 | [–]

Because FBI profiles are only good for crimes that happen often enough to have perpetrators willing and available for psychological study.

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