Structured debate/counterpoint spam - Revision history

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Woozle: Woozle moved page Rational debate/frequent spurious objections to Structured debate/counterpoint spam without leaving a redirect: reorganizing these pages so they make sense

2013-04-13T20:29:03Z

Woozle moved page Rational debate/frequent spurious objections to Structured debate/counterpoint spam without leaving a redirect: reorganizing these pages so they make sense

Woozle: Created page with "==Problem== Dishonest participants may repeatedly raise spurious objections solely for the purpose of keeping the correct conclusion in a state of presumed falsehood. This is..."

2013-02-24T18:39:17Z

Created page with "==Problem== Dishonest participants may repeatedly raise spurious objections solely for the purpose of keeping the correct conclusion in a state of presumed falsehood. This is..."

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==Problem==
Dishonest participants may repeatedly raise spurious objections solely for the purpose of keeping the correct conclusion in a state of presumed falsehood.

This is similar to the technique of [[issuepedia:throwing spaghetti|throwing spaghetti]], although in this context it doesn't matter if the spaghetti "sticks" as long as it takes more time to "clean up" than to "throw".
==Solutions==
* Each of these objections can be answered in turn, until the dishonest participant (DP) runs out of new ones.
** Unlike in other debate formats, or informal debate, objections are not forgotten; they remain easily findable until they are answered.
* In practice, it may be helpful or necessary to provide a mechanism whereby any participant can request a popular vote to curtail the activity of a DP. Possible proposals include:
** "This argument is a repetition of an argument already refuted." This should be accompanied by a link to the duplicated argument.
** "The person making this argument is not engaging in honest debate." This should be accompanied by specific accusations.
** "This argument is verbal nonsense." -- for cases where the DP is typing random words or characters in order to flood the system with objections.

It should be a relatively simple matter for the system to keep track of such violations and provide a "DP" rating for every participant -- which would further harm their ability to convince others of their agenda.

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 ==Problem==
-Dishonest participants may repeatedly raise spurious objections solely for the purpose of keeping the correct conclusion in a state of presumed falsehood.
+In a [[structured debate]], dishonest participants may repeatedly raise spurious objections ("counterpoint spam") solely for the purpose of keeping the correct conclusion in a state of presumed falsehood.
 This is similar to the technique of [[issuepedia:throwing spaghetti|throwing spaghetti]], although in this context it doesn't matter if the spaghetti "sticks" as long as it takes more time to "clean up" than to "throw".

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