Conflict, Separation, Integration

Abstract

One of the most popular television shows of the past decade is CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Its wily supersleuths examine grisly crimes for the slightest of clues. Slowly, carefully, patiently, the clues emerge and then converge on the perpetrator. Grissom, the sagely veteran, repeatedly reminds his younger, impetuous investigators not to rush to a conclusion based on preconception, hasty judgment, or circumstantial evidence. He insistently and constantly reminds them: Don’t focus on a single suspect, be open to surprising possibilities, and accumulate the evidence. Only when they heed his wise counsel are they able to discern the true pattern in their increasing and remarkably varied array of evidence.