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ChristianKl comments on How big of an impact would cleaner political debates have on society? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 07 February 2014 11:13:49AM 0 points [-]

Hmm. What if the candidates were given the questions in advance, so they only needed to present their answers?

That's not that far from what happens today. If a politician is asked a question toward which he didn't prepare he just answer question towards which he did prepare.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 08 February 2014 12:56:06AM 0 points [-]

Well, we'd get some control over what questions they answer.