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Originally Posted by MSD
You may not like the term, but if you look at statistics and probability, there are certain behavioral patterns whose frequency of occurrence have a narrow standard deviation, and certain traits in which statistical outliers will tend to act predictably. You can also look at the statistics of crimes committed and draw conclusions based on them.
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Yes, but there are
real explanations for said patterns. Many crimes can be explained reasonably and precisely. "Human nature" is neither reasonable nor precise. It does the situation a disservice by not making a real attempt to figure out what went wrong. "Human nature" is a cop out.