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Have you ever tried to explain associativity of boolean operators to a person with a law degree?

• vkou 5y ago
  No, but I have tried to explain to a number of very intelligent people that their CS degree does not make them a legal expert.
  • vba616 5y ago
    Nobody ever asks programmers to provide legal opinions. On the other hand, understanding formal logic is of practical value in the legal industry; I was thinking of building searches to find electronic documents which is a real thing that (clueless) people (try to) do. Seems to me like it could potentially be very high stakes, at least in hindsight if you screw it up. I don't know if boolean logic is or used to be part of a law school curriculum. It just seems to me a bit surprising if it isn't.