Pretty much every falsifiable claim from debate last night is easily falsified. So what are these debates about? http://www.factcheck.org/2015/10/factchecking-the-cnbc-debates/ …
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@Moshe_Hoffman Political debates are a gameshow competition that emotionally engage audiences and thereby simulate political participation.1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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@Moshe_Hoffman Most people form and express opinions primarily for social signaling, only secondary to explain things.2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@Moshe_Hoffman They signal conformance (and thus trustworthyness and willingness to cooperate) to whomever they believe to be the ingroup.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Moshe_Hoffman The cost is mostly that you aggravate people that would not vote for you anyway.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Moshe_Hoffman Basically, you only attack people for inconsistency, if you don't like what they are currently doing.
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