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I consider myself technologically literate, yet still everyday I ask questions and attempt to boil down complex ideas into understandable concepts. Sometimes f

by rcaught 12y ago

I consider myself technologically literate, yet still everyday I ask questions and attempt to boil down complex ideas into understandable concepts. Sometimes for myself, sometimes for others around me. I would be more concerned if the justices didn't ask the "dumb" questions or if they didn't try to comprehend using analogies, etc.

omegaham 12y ago
This is very important. I would be much more scared if the justices weren't asking massive numbers of "silly" questions. It would indicate that they thought they knew everything about the technology, which would be very disturbing. Many of these questions are asked during oral arguments, where a lawyer is describing the technology with other analogies and comparisons to things that have precedent. The justice then ends up saying, "Well, following this line of reasoning, you're basically saying that Ebay's business model is an invention. Is it?" The lawyer then has to respond and clarify what he's saying.