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Unfortunately, structured competitive debate these days has gone off the rails. At least, college debate in the US has become ridiculous. Moot court and mock t
by Digory 5y ago
Unfortunately, structured competitive debate these days has gone off the rails. At least, college debate in the US has become ridiculous.
Moot court and mock trial retain some semblance of argumentation. But you would have to reinvent the kind of formal debate you’re imagining.
- amalcon 5y agoYou may be right; I've been out of that loop for a rather long time now.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoIt’s hilarious. Robots talking as quickly as possible to gain points.
- sixstringtheory 5y agoStrathern’s generalization of Goodhart’s Law at work. Once a measure becomes a target it ceases to function as a good measure.