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The notion that once be tried by a jury of one's peers is practically meaningless for any 'crime' involving scientific knowledge or any specialized competence.
by petegrif 13y ago
The notion that once be tried by a jury of one's peers is practically meaningless for any 'crime' involving scientific knowledge or any specialized competence.
- sriramk 13y agoIf you read the original Vanity Fair piece, Lewis assembles a true 'jury' of his peers - that's the best part of the piece.
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoThe problem with that is you tend to start narrowing down the views and opinions in that group. People who work in IT tend to be smarter, richer, more inclined to be left leaning in their politics and so on. They have expertise to understand the problem but they don't necessarily represent the views of the country which is what a jury is meant to do.