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12 Feb 2020 Conversations with Tyler Tim Harford on Persuasion and Popular Economics
“A panel is almost always terrible, and the panel is terrible because people tend to agree with each other, and they don’t feel they’ve got permission to disagree even if they do disagree.”
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…Should public conferences present more of their material or more of the event in the form of a debate? Rather than talks, panels — we all hate talks and panels, right? A good talk is fine. A panel is almost always terrible, and the panel is terrible because people tend to agree with each other, and they don’t feel they’ve got permission to disagree even if they do disagree. A debate — if you choose the motion well, a debate can be great. You get to see both sides of the argument. You really get to see propositions tested under pressure. I think we should do more, yes. Has Twitter raised or lowered your opinion of public debate?…
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