>Carl:
>> Laypersons and even scientists outside their narrow specialty are simply
>not
>> equipped to understand and judge disputes involving advanced technologies.
>
>True, but the other side was even worse. Is a jury verdict resulting from
>manipulation by lawyerly tricks and emotions toward something they cannot
>understand a cause to celebrate? It is a sad day when politics is reduced
>to choosing between technocratic mumbo-jumbo on the one hand and witchcraft
>cum deception on the other.
I gotta say, that story's an example of why the WSJ is so great - is there any other newspaper that so clearly conveys the crazy mixed-up world in which we're livin'?
Doug