system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
It blows my mind to think every single human being has a unique thumbprint. Is it possible to calculate the max number of unique thumbprints based on pattern and average size of thumb?
gpt
It's never been shown that human beings each have a unique thumbprint - and this is the primary reason the underlying assumption of fingerprint analysis is totally bullshit.

See the NOVA special on the FBI fingerprint system.

All matches are done by human hunch.