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Re:Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system (2017) by virtuous_signal on Monday August 03, 2020 @09:59PM (#24045730)
Sounds nice in theory, but the whole idea behind the right to face your accuser is that people depend on their senses to judge if someone's lying or not by how he/she reacts to the confrontation.
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Re:Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system (2017) by caf on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:34AM (#24047282)
Perhaps, but "I can tell if someone is lying or not by [their manner]" sounds like exactly the kind of situation where people wildly overestimate their own abilities, doesn't it?
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Re:Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system (2017) by schemy on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:21PM (#24045872)
That depends on what you think the point of justice is.

Is it to make you feel better or to improve society?

Personally I'd go for improving society because as fun as lynchings are we probably shouldn't kill minorities we don't like.

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