I tried. I got about half way through it before I became too incoherently angry to listen to the rest. Not bamboozled, or defeated, nor swamped by his intellect - just angry at his well-studied debate-ending tactics.
It'd be nice if both sides got to lay out their evidence and look it over (particularly as in this case science would win), but that's never what happens. The blowhards never actually lose a debate because blowhardiness is a debate-winning tactic in itself.
I tried. I got about half way through it before I became too incoherently angry to listen to the rest. Not bamboozled, or defeated, nor swamped by his intellect - just angry at his well-studied debate-ending tactics.
ReplyDeleteIt'd be nice if both sides got to lay out their evidence and look it over (particularly as in this case science would win), but that's never what happens. The blowhards never actually lose a debate because blowhardiness is a debate-winning tactic in itself.