I agree. Debate is hardly ever a definite measure of what view is right or wrong.
However, like the Outsider Test for Faith (applying the same logic you use to refute other religions and seeing if that logic cannot be applied to yours), it is a good test of your opinions, if you take a position that attacks the weak spots, and flaws.
Rather than being fair minded thou, its more useful to find your own weak spots, and strengthen them.
Its only dishonest if you misrepresent the views you are supposed to be arguing for.
However, like the Outsider Test for Faith (applying the same logic you use to refute other religions and seeing if that logic cannot be applied to yours), it is a good test of your opinions, if you take a position that attacks the weak spots, and flaws.
Rather than being fair minded thou, its more useful to find your own weak spots, and strengthen them.
Its only dishonest if you misrepresent the views you are supposed to be arguing for.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
