(I regard many posts in Non-sci-fi as examples of politics as a mind killer. Edit: I’m pretty sure even most of the denizens there wouldn’t claim it’s really about debate, at any rate. But… the quote is Actually pretty funny)
Yeah, I used to post a fair bit on Space Battles years and years ago as a teenager, but in retrospect the vast majority of debates there (both the Star Trek vs. Star Wars type stuff and the political stuff) were about trying to “win” the argument high-school-debate style, rather than trying come to a reasonable conclusion or discover something new. It was fun until I realized that everyone was just arguing around in circles though :).
-Vorpal
A rationality quote from Space Battles? Really?
(I regard many posts in Non-sci-fi as examples of politics as a mind killer. Edit: I’m pretty sure even most of the denizens there wouldn’t claim it’s really about debate, at any rate. But… the quote is Actually pretty funny)
Yeah, I used to post a fair bit on Space Battles years and years ago as a teenager, but in retrospect the vast majority of debates there (both the Star Trek vs. Star Wars type stuff and the political stuff) were about trying to “win” the argument high-school-debate style, rather than trying come to a reasonable conclusion or discover something new. It was fun until I realized that everyone was just arguing around in circles though :).
ps Star Trek > Star Wars 4 lyfe