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> How should politicians be informed on these topics for which they are attempting to regulate? Provide them a bigger budget to hire their own staffers, who ca
by triceratops 3mo ago
> How should politicians be informed on these topics for which they are attempting to regulate?
Provide them a bigger budget to hire their own staffers, who can do research?
Produce more non-partisan, publicly-funded research, data, and surveys?
Make them study themselves? How do judges get informed on topics they attempt to pass judgement on?
- bko 3mo ago> Make them study themselves? How do judges get informed on topics they attempt to pass judgement on? They get expert witnesses. They certainly don't "do their own research"
- triceratops 3mo agoThat isn't entirely accurate. They at least need enough domain knowledge to tell if an expert witnesses is bullshitting them. Or to understand the jargon being used. Exhibit A: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/19/16503076/oracle-vs-google-judge-william-alsup-interview-waymo-uber https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/19/16503076/oracle-vs-googl...