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I don’t think I’ve properly debated anyone ever. It’s a mugs game. I don’t think debate is a useful mechanism except within an institutional due process setting with specific procedural principles both sides agree to, like a court of law, and enforcement with teeth.
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Yeah, debate-as-theater is trash The actual skills of “debate”, when practiced authentically and without affectation, are just called “learning”.
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I hate debate and avoid it. I think it makes people generally darker and less happy but no more informed or intelligent. I'd rather read each persons argument alone with the performative point scoring.
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