“You can’t deduce anything about the validity of someone’s position from their willingness or unwillingness to debate it”
Ben Bayer
The validity of someone’s position is not the only factor that goes into willingness or unwillingness to debate but claiming that it plays no factor at all seems strange to me.
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“You can’t deduce anything about the validity of someone’s position from their willingness or unwillingness to debate it”
Ben Bayer
The validity of someone’s position is not the only factor that goes into willingness or unwillingness to debate but claiming that it plays no factor at all seems strange to me.