Forensic pathologists—medical personnel who perform autopsies—have historically been trained to follow a consistent, sequential procedure to determine a subject’s cause of death. However, interviews with the most successful forensic pathologists employed by the federal government reveal that they sometimes prefer to use intuitive, ad hoc methods in place of traditional sequential procedures. This is compelling evidence that intuitive methods should be taught alongside careful step-by-step procedures.
The conclusion above is based on which of the following assumptions?