(August 9, 2015 at 1:15 pm)Pizza Wrote: I've heard people evaluate debates based on who converted the most people in the audience to their side.
Personally I think debates are the perfect example of mirror jerking. And I don't think they do convert that many people to one side or the other. The fans of the debaters want their darling to win and in their perception they will see them win whatever happens.
Same goes for political debates for that matter.