Recently @soylentqueen gave me the tiniest of glimpses into the world of competitive policy debate and oh wow I am still a naive idiot about this subculture but I am SO! FASCINATED!
First! Some of them make arguments at ~six trillion WPM?? Please listen:https://youtu.be/WlatopR63e0?t=957 …
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I also find the policy debate community totally fascinating—my partner Lingxi is a recovering debater—but somehow argumentation games where you have to reach a predestined conclusion don't sit right with me.
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Then again, maybe participants end up with the tools required to understand arguments from multiple perspectives? I go back and forth on this. Probably in large part a matter of team culture and coaching.
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Highly recommend this documentary about high school policy debaters as well. Gives a good look into the disparity between private schools, that can pay for full time coaches that "cut cards" for their team, and public schools that have volunteer coaches.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068161/ …
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706678/ … There's a documentary about the college policy circuit too.
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