Yes, your and Timur Kuran's examples seem to me as clear cases of what I associate with the notion of "preference falsification," unlike some of the cases used by Albatross and David (some of which are simply cases of conformism without any meaningful "falsification" going on).
"The collapse of Biden's support fit preference falsification…
Yes, your and Timur Kuran's examples seem to me as clear cases of what I associate with the notion of "preference falsification," unlike some of the cases used by Albatross and David (some of which are simply cases of conformism without any meaningful "falsification" going on).
"The collapse of Biden's support fit preference falsification because, privately, everyone thought Biden was too old but wouldn't express it publicly until a signal (the debate) changed how acceptable it was to express your private belief."
Privately believing that Biden is unfit to be POTUS while publicly making opposite claims would be a case of preference falsification, although do note that in David's model those people _believed_ that Biden was fit to be president:
"Now apply the same logic to beliefs about Biden. As long as the accepted orthodoxy among Democrats is that Biden is in fine shape, fully competent to be president for another four years, that any purported evidence of mental failure is Republican propaganda, it is in the interest of a Democrat to believe it too."
Yes, your and Timur Kuran's examples seem to me as clear cases of what I associate with the notion of "preference falsification," unlike some of the cases used by Albatross and David (some of which are simply cases of conformism without any meaningful "falsification" going on).
"The collapse of Biden's support fit preference falsification because, privately, everyone thought Biden was too old but wouldn't express it publicly until a signal (the debate) changed how acceptable it was to express your private belief."
Privately believing that Biden is unfit to be POTUS while publicly making opposite claims would be a case of preference falsification, although do note that in David's model those people _believed_ that Biden was fit to be president:
"Now apply the same logic to beliefs about Biden. As long as the accepted orthodoxy among Democrats is that Biden is in fine shape, fully competent to be president for another four years, that any purported evidence of mental failure is Republican propaganda, it is in the interest of a Democrat to believe it too."
Hence, no "falsification".