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In my mind, you're making the case for debate. Argument has an emotional connotation, where as debate is more educational in connotation.
by trickjarrett 16y ago
In my mind, you're making the case for debate. Argument has an emotional connotation, where as debate is more educational in connotation.
- xenophanes 16y agoArguing over minor differences in words when a person's intent is sufficiently clear ... really is pointless.
- stcredzero 16y agoI find most debate tactics pointless. I find some of them a bit intellectually dishonest. An honest search for the truth involves questioning and self doubt. A lot of the way debating is practiced discourages the right kind of openness and keeps people away from the truth. I think I'd like to see more of the "intellectual potlach" I see a few really brilliant and confident people playing. (They are so confident, they willingly put their ideas into the fire, knowing they'll most likely come out unscathed.)
- Semiapies 16y agoNot a minor difference; debates happen in civil threads on this site. Arguments involve situations like blowhards yelling at cops giving them parking tickets. TFA confuses the two to some extent.