When town hall participant Karl Becker got the closing question in the second presidential debate, I was thrilled to see him ask the same question I had submitted to the openquestionforum.org the prior week. Some viewers may have laughed at the naiveté of our kindergarten-level suggestion to name something positive about your opponent. But not behavioral scientists.
When Saying Something Nice Is the Only Way to Change Someone’s Mind
The last question in the second presidential debate was more serious than it sounded.
October 10, 2016
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