Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedGarett Jones: belief
26 Feb 2020 Conversations with Tyler Garett Jones on Democracy (More or Less)
“There’s a small number of people making this decision. And I think that the incentive for becoming informed is a greater benefit than the cost of having people who are quite uninformed on the particular topic.”
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- Garett Jones
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- belief
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- 26 Feb 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Is trial by jury a good idea? Yes. This is something I, again, thought about. I tend to think that trial by jury balances the ignorance of the typical person who might go in. Juries are intentionally made ignorant about the case that they’re supposed to be evaluating. It seems to balance that weakness against the big benefit of individual responsibility. There’s a small number of people making this decision. And I think that the incentive for becoming informed is a greater benefit than the cost of having people who are quite uninformed on the particular topic. Are there mechanisms of accountability for politicians which do not rely so heavily on voters? And why don’t we do much more of that?…
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