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adamzerner comments on Communicating via writing vs. in person - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: adamzerner 22 May 2015 04:58AM

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Comment author: adamzerner 23 May 2015 06:01:12PM 1 point [-]

I too sense that a written format would be a better way of figuring out the truth when it comes to political stuff. But figuring out the truth does not seem to be the goal at all.

You may be interested in this clip from The Newsroom. They tried to change the way debates work by letting the moderator call candidates out for unfactual statements, not answering the question, interrupting etc.