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You shouldn't be trying to win arguments. That's the root of all argumentation evil, as far as I'm concerned. In fact, that's one aspect of debate competition I
by ellyagg 17y ago
You shouldn't be trying to win arguments. That's the root of all argumentation evil, as far as I'm concerned. In fact, that's one aspect of debate competition I really despise, the fetishizing of winning arguments. (OTOH, the way debate teams work you're forced to fully understand opposing viewpoints in a way that few people ever do.)
- pbh 17y agoThis is a major point in legal philosophy (and presumably elsewhere). I don't think I agree with you (for example) that an adversarial system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adversarial_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adversarial_system) is inherently worse than an inquisitorial one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitorial_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitorial_system).