Imagine a vim v. emacs trial. Do you think a jury pool recruited from the tech community would be able to set aside any pre-existing opinions on the topic, and

Imagine a vim v. emacs trial. Do you think a jury pool recruited from the tech community would be able to set aside any pre-existing opinions on the topic, and use just their general knowledge to fairly adjudicate the case that is actually presented in court? Yes, that requires a lot of "teaching" of the non-expert jury during the trial. But that's perfectly fine, because the purpose of a jury trial is not so much getting a verdict that is "better" in some objective sense than whatever an expert panel would come up with, but to create a process where the public at large feels represented and is able to follow the proceedings and trust the results.