In another thread, I talked about the possibility of somehow "tiering" government according the rationality of those involved, something that seems not to have met with much approval:
http://www.internationalskeptics.com...5#post11299335
Here I'd like to talk about something a little more concrete and specific, namely who should be on juries.
It is well known that faulty judgment and decision-making is widespread in the human species. This is as germane to law as it is to anything else, especially given the very serious costs of these kinds of errors. (There is even an entire class of statistical fallacies called broadly speaking the prosecutor's fallacy.) Frankly, I think that the prospect of having one's fate decided by 12 randos who seemed legit to the jury screener should scare anything thinking person pissless. Accordingly, I propose that juries should consist only of people who are aware of these flaws and will either naturally avoid them because they're better or be fully cognizant of them and do their utmost to avoid them. I also think that there should be an increased role for legal automation in legal decisions, including in criminal cases, whenever feasible. (This is also desirable because many of the humans currently involved are Arschlöcher and it would be nice to see them gone.)
If there are any better proposals, I would like to hear them.
http://www.internationalskeptics.com...5#post11299335
Here I'd like to talk about something a little more concrete and specific, namely who should be on juries.
It is well known that faulty judgment and decision-making is widespread in the human species. This is as germane to law as it is to anything else, especially given the very serious costs of these kinds of errors. (There is even an entire class of statistical fallacies called broadly speaking the prosecutor's fallacy.) Frankly, I think that the prospect of having one's fate decided by 12 randos who seemed legit to the jury screener should scare anything thinking person pissless. Accordingly, I propose that juries should consist only of people who are aware of these flaws and will either naturally avoid them because they're better or be fully cognizant of them and do their utmost to avoid them. I also think that there should be an increased role for legal automation in legal decisions, including in criminal cases, whenever feasible. (This is also desirable because many of the humans currently involved are Arschlöcher and it would be nice to see them gone.)
If there are any better proposals, I would like to hear them.
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