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I think it's good that out-there ideas can be debated within a University and that there is an opportunity for well educated people to debate the subject. The o

by bArray 7y ago

I think it's good that out-there ideas can be debated within a University and that there is an opportunity for well educated people to debate the subject. The opposite of this is that he is relegated to the dark corners of the web and these ideas go unchallenged, or challenged only by trolls who only further strengthen his beliefs. I would much rather an open, public debate where the foundations of his beliefs are shaken and it can be seen by all the flaws in his ideas. > In April 2018, Dr Chi approached The Oxford Union to propose a > debate on the subject. The proposal was not accepted. There is a concerning growth of subjects that can no longer be discussed or debated within Western campuses.

gruez 7y ago
>There is a concerning growth of subjects that can no longer be discussed or debated within Western campuses. I'm going to go out on a limb and say refusing to hold debates on subjects similar to this isn't a recent trend. There's definitely a growing trend of refusing to debate certain subjects (of the right wing politics variety), but this isn't yet.
- bArray 7y ago
  > I'm going to go out on a limb and say refusing to hold > debates on subjects similar to this isn't a recent trend. It happens more than you think, you just don't hear about it. I don't think it's a particularly recent trend for conspiracy theories though, as you say. > There's definitely a growing trend of refusing to debate > certain subjects (of the right wing politics variety), but > this isn't yet. I understand what you're saying and agree, but I wouldn't attribute all of these topics to right-wing politics. There's also some weird acceptance that labeling something "right-wing" means it's okay to ignore or berate, which means there are topics that simply cannot be discussed despite a discussion being needed. My point was that the number of subjects that can be debated appears to be on a decline in general, although as you say many of them are politically charged. I think it's really quite sad when Universities can no longer be places where ideas dual it out and get tested.

by bArray 7y ago

gruez 7y ago

>There is a concerning growth of subjects that can no longer be discussed or debated within Western campuses. I'm going to go out on a limb and say refusing to hold debates on subjects similar to this isn't a recent trend. There's definitely a growing trend of refusing to debate certain subjects (of the right wing politics variety), but this isn't yet.

bArray 7y ago
> I'm going to go out on a limb and say refusing to hold > debates on subjects similar to this isn't a recent trend. It happens more than you think, you just don't hear about it. I don't think it's a particularly recent trend for conspiracy theories though, as you say. > There's definitely a growing trend of refusing to debate > certain subjects (of the right wing politics variety), but > this isn't yet. I understand what you're saying and agree, but I wouldn't attribute all of these topics to right-wing politics. There's also some weird acceptance that labeling something "right-wing" means it's okay to ignore or berate, which means there are topics that simply cannot be discussed despite a discussion being needed. My point was that the number of subjects that can be debated appears to be on a decline in general, although as you say many of them are politically charged. I think it's really quite sad when Universities can no longer be places where ideas dual it out and get tested.