This is really, really, really bad. @HeatherEHeying @BretWeinsteinhttps://twitter.com/michaelmoreno2k/status/1188175155240947712 …
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Insofar as debate class is meant to create cognitive flexibility re: argumentation & augment empathy, I get it. I feel that I could fairly argue the inverse of most positions I've laid out. But if it's about capitalizing on the social popularity of weak arguments, it's a scourge.
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The problem is that it's both. If you're familiar with the video from Evergreen in which I say "I am not interested in debate, I'm only interested in dialectic..." it is this exact issue that lead me that conclusion. I learned a lot from high school debate, not all of it good.
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These seem like terrible waters to muddy, unless your goal is to create confused human superweapons
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I agree completely. The professor is playing with fire given the current environment. And I had a hard time shaking the sense that he might believe some of what he was saying, but the actual degree could be anywhere from 0 - 100%.
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As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't matter. What percentage of people who produce these arguments for any *real-world* end "really" believe them? An exercise in their utility is instructive enough
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