Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:

>> Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
>> > Ernest Schaal wrote:
>>
>> >> I fear that you put too much faith in technology, and are blind to the fact
>> >> that technology is less than 100% correct
>>
>> > Oh, and 12 amateurs and what they decide to agree on, is more often correct than
>> > what the best technology could offer us, if there were not obstacles in the way?
>>
>> You are seriously confused here, aren't you?

> No.

Yes (it wasn't a trick question.)

>> It is NOT "12 amateurs".

> Who decides the verdict in a jury trial, then?

Jurors (was this supposed to be a trick question?)

>> There is an entire professional team of investigators and lawyers
>> involved before it ever gets to trial. The trial is to test whether 12
>> ostensibly impartial people can be convinced, by the evidence presented.

> Recall there are two sides, each with their own story to tell, perhaps with equal
> ability to persuade.

Uh, yeah. There's a definition involved.

However, before it ever gets to that point, there are professionals
involved, heavily. During the process there are professionals involved
as well.

You are confusing this with a lynch mob, which involves predominately
amatuers.

Mike