That&#x27;s rebutted by the Janet Malcolm quote the author includes.<p>The absences of knowledge isn&#x27;t impartiality: people don&#x27;t render decisions from ignorance + logic.<p>They simply fabricate their best attempt at knowledge and apply that to the situation. So in this respect, it&#x27;s not a choice between &quot;relying on legal experts to provide legal information&quot; and &quot;using your own amateur legal knowledge&quot; but rather &quot;bastardizing legal experts&#x27; explanations to fit your own views&quot; and &quot;using your own amateur legal knowledge.&quot;<p>From that perspective, the latter seems a lot more preferable...