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Re:Samsung/Apple Jury Foreman Shows He Doesn't Understand Pr... by sageikosa on Friday August 31, 2012 @02:53PM (#4461128)
It's not fair but it's equal. America's judicial system is not about fairness so much as it is equality

Experts cannot be enhanced by the uninformed, but the uninformed can be enhanced by experts. When you average proficiency and incompetence, you end up with incompetence.

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Re:Samsung/Apple Jury Foreman Shows He Doesn't Understand Pr... by smackfu on Friday August 31, 2012 @04:32PM (#4461558)
>uninformed can be enhanced by experts

How is that different from expert testimony given to laymen?

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Re:Samsung/Apple Jury Foreman Shows He Doesn't Understand Pr... by talmand on Friday August 31, 2012 @05:09PM (#4461707)
Couldn't both sides have expert testimony that state opposing opinions on the same subject?
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