HODEE said:
Very True. Very Interesting also. Thanks for sharing this.
So is all debating actually Invalid. Since they all contain these invalid examples? <----- or is this a Invalid Question?
On the contrary, actually......
Though it was a long time ago, in my Public Speaking class I took, my instructor was adamant about the correct form for debating.....
Basically, the most "proper" form of debate is to utilize the Scientific Method all throughout the conversation:
*Assert your perspective/theory
*Provide as much substantial information in favor said theory, as well as against any counterspectives
*Form a conclusion, based on how well all the info works to prove the theory.
2 key components in this, is:
* Good articulation = none of us are telepathic, and thus you have no hope of conveying your perspective if you can't clearly speak or write it.
* Emotional detachment from the perspective = this is something that I'm constanting trying to enforce, especially on here; KNOWLEDGE vs BELIEF. People who are belief-driven are far too emotionally connected to the beliefs that they are arguing for/against, in order to be objective about them.
I've taken notice to people knocking down a perspective--without knowing the slightest thing about it--simply because it doesn't coincide with their preset notions about certain things.
This is a dangerous mindstate, for seemingly "intelligent" people to possess.
I try my best to ALWAYS approach information from an intellectual perspective--as that's the only place that info belongs--in the mind............Though I'll admit that's not the easiest thing to do.
This, in my mind, is what that age-old addage of "My people die for lack of knowledge" means..... This is why we never gain a proper foot-hold in academic institutions of the modern world; ironically though, the people who control and manipulate those institutions--by and large WHITE PEOPLE--are inherently the most savage in the realm of intellectual thinking, and we are just the opposite.
PEACE