> High school debate today is basically an intellectual game, not an exercise in truth-seeking. It has never been, and can't be about truth-seeking, this is ex

> High school debate today is basically an intellectual game, not an exercise in truth-seeking. It has never been, and can't be about truth-seeking, this is exactly what it is not about. It's always been about an intellectual game. So one learns the others view so one can attack it better, if thats ones goal and along the way learn critical thinking. This author seems like one of those idiots when they have audience votes, who votes for the side they agree with. That said their original thesis is correct, debating has gone absurdum and so theoretical a lot of the learning seems to be lost.