I agree. Do not do public debates with cranks. If a crank wants to debate you, propose doing it on blogs, in written form, where it's much harder for a crank to Gish gallop or substitute debate skill for science to convince the uninformed. 1/https://twitter.com/SLSingh/status/1024900481108402176 …
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I admire scientists who can actually do these debates, but, as Dirty Harry once said, "A man's got to know his limitations." I know mine, hence... 4/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/to-debate-or-not-to-debate-the-strange-bedfellows-of-andrew-weil/ …
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I (and
@CaulfieldTim) have experienced similar issues with Deepak Chopra. These debate "challenges" are almost always intended to score points in front of a friendly audience, not to illuminate. 5/5Show this thread -
Oops. I forgot this one other example of antivaccine cranks challenging us at
@ScienceBasedMed to a "debate." 5a/5https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/brave-brave-sir-robin/ …Show this thread
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