Wumbology is valid science
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DakotaKrafick
Voting Style: | Open | Point System: | 7 Point | ||
Started: | 12/1/2012 | Category: | Religion | ||
Updated: | 5 years ago | Status: | Post Voting Period | ||
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I am undefeated.
I accept, but since you didn't bother actually defining "Wumbology" or anything else, I'll do so now: Wumbology: The study of all things Wumbo. Wumbo: "The opposite of Mini". Direct definition from Spongebob Squarepants, season 3, episode 1, "Mermaidman and Barnacleboy IV": I wumbo. You wumbo. He- she- me... wumbo. Wumbo; Wumboing; We'll have thee wumbo; Wumborama; Wumbology; the study of Wumbo. It's first grade, Spongebob! [1] Valid: having some foundation; based on truth [2] Science: a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws. [3] Now, considering "Wumbology" is just a fictional word made up by a fictional starfish, I think my opponent will have a tough time explaining how it in any way should be deemed as "valid science". Man, I must be bored... Sources: [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com... [2] http://dictionary.reference.com... [3] http://dictionary.reference.com... |
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I will begin by saying "I will begin by saying".
I will begin by saying that this matter can be very easily solved logically. As my opponent has stated, Wumbo is "The opposite of mini". The: used as a function word to indicate that a following noun or noun equivalent is definite or has been previously specified by context or by circumstance. Opposite: Having a position on the other or further side of something. Of: used as a function word to indicate origin or derivation. Mini: Denoting a miniature version of something. Now according to an unbiased source, antonyms of mini include: big, giant and, large. http://thesaurus.com... Recent breakthroughs in Cetacean Zoology suggest that whales are big. Logical Proof: I. Scientists study whales II. Whales are big III. Big is the opposite of mini IV. The opposite of mini is Wumbo V. By the transitive property, scientists study Wumbo. Reminds me of Monty Python's "is she a witch" argument: P1: Witches burn. P2: Wood burns. P3: Wood floats. P4: Ducks float. C: If one weighs the same as a duck, she's a witch. Anyway... let's take a look at my opponent's argument: P1: Scientists study whales. P2: Whales are big. P3: Big is the opposite of mini. P4: The opposite of mini is Wumbo. C: By the transitive property, scientists study Wumbo. What do these arguments have in common? They're both talking about fictional things, witches and Wumbology. The definitions of "Wumbology" and "Wumbo" exist only in the Spongebob Squarepants universe, not in any credible dictionary, so my opponent's fourth premise has no merit in the real world. It should read "The opposite of mini is Wumbo according to Patrick Starfish". And what does that prove? Nothing, unless we include a premise "Everything Patrick Starfish says on TV is actually true" and agree with it for some reason, which we wouldn't. My opponent needs actual evidence that Wumbology is more than just a fictional science. Otherwise, the resolution has not been proven. |
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It is evident that my opponent has either missed the first grade or is being purposely deceitful.
This "Spongebob Universe" exists within ur own universe...which exists. We also have hours and hours of footage from this world in the archives of Nickelodeon. Now based upon numerous displays of unusual power by Patrick, we must look closelty to figure out what is going on. Patrick, in the episode "Patrick Smartpants", falls off of a cliff and loses his head. By the end of the same episode he is back to normal. In the episode "The Sponge Who Could Fly", Spongebob flies with his inflated pants. Patrick, on the other hand, can fly without need for any such help. In the episode "Chocolate With Nuts", Patrick says to a stranger, "I love you". We can assume because of these, and many more, supernatural abilities that Patrick: A) Has been resurrected B) Is omnipotent C) Is omnibenelovent Since all of the above are attributes of God we can safely make the assumption that Patrick is God. If Patrick is God then he would have spoken Wumbology into existence, therefore causing it to exist. I admit, I took a test to skip the first grade, but there were certainly no questions about "Wumbology" on it. Geography, maybe, but not Wumbology. My opponent asserts the Spongebob universe is a part of the real world that we live in, but provides no evidence for this. As an alternative, much more likely theory, I propose that Spongebob Squarepants is nothing more than a fictional cartoon. Whether or not I can prove this is irrelevant, because the burden of proof here is not on me. The burden of proof is on my opponent to prove Spongebob and Patrick are real creatures but he has simply not done this. My opponent tries to claim Patrick is a god by wrongly attributing a few properties to him. He says because Patrick can fly without the aid of wings or overly inflated pants, he must be omnipotent, but this doesn't even logically follow! Just because one has the ability to do one thing (ie, fly) does not mean he/she has the ability to do all things. And need I remind him, and the audience, that in "Chocolate with Nuts" Patrick only said "I love you" to a complete stranger because he was trying to butter him up so he would buy some of the chocolate he was going door to door selling? This clearly proves that Patrick is a deceitful, sociopathic creature who uses people by lying about being in love with them just to make some cash. Can we really trust such a starfish's promise about the existence of "Wumbology", especially when it's unsupported by literally every dictionary on the planet? The defense rests. |
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Vote Placed by emospongebob527 5 years ago
Wumbology | DakotaKrafick | Tied | ||
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Total points awarded: | 7 | 0 |
Reasons for voting decision: Counter fallacious and abusive votes.
Vote Placed by frozen_eclipse 5 years ago
Wumbology | DakotaKrafick | Tied | ||
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Total points awarded: | 0 | 5 |
Reasons for voting decision: smh
Vote Placed by The_Master_Riddler 5 years ago
Wumbology | DakotaKrafick | Tied | ||
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Total points awarded: | 0 | 6 |
Reasons for voting decision: Sponge Bob is not real.
Vote Placed by FREEDO 5 years ago
Wumbology | DakotaKrafick | Tied | ||
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Total points awarded: | 4 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: Conduct goes to Pro because this debate is in the religious section, giving this debate a religious context. Con made no religious arguments, whereas Pro did.
Arguments go to Pro because the primary basis of Con's argument is that Wumbology has no legitimate definition, despite that Con specifically attributed a definition to it in the first round. In light of this, Pro has substantiated his burden because, unlike how Con implied, his proof is not a non-sequitur, though it is highly semantical.
Vote Placed by imabench 5 years ago
Wumbology | DakotaKrafick | Tied | ||
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Total points awarded: | 1 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: Pro's argument that wumbology is a valid science rests on the claim that scientists do study big things. However there is not a science designated just to the study of big things, and if there is it certainly isnt called or known as wumbology, so I give arguments to the con. I did like the pro's humor though so I gave him a conduct point just for the hell of it.............. Not very good arguments, but the debate was entertaining and truly unique so I give it 2 ot of 4 stars
Vote Placed by toolpot462 5 years ago
Wumbology | DakotaKrafick | Tied | ||
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Total points awarded: | 0 | 4 |
Reasons for voting decision: Clearly the same humorously fallacious logic Pro uses in his argument is the same that accounts for his claim of being "undefeated."
Vote Placed by wrichcirw 5 years ago
Wumbology | DakotaKrafick | Tied | ||
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Total points awarded: | 0 | 6 |
Reasons for voting decision: PRO's demeanor was unprofessional, which accounts for the conduct vote.
IF Patrick is god, he is god only in the universe of SBSP and only in that one episode, not in "reality". Therefore, everything Patrick Starfish says on TV is NOT actually true outside the fictional reality of this one episode of SBSP. Also, Wumbo only has meaning in the fictional reality of the one episode sourced by CON. It has no other meaning outside this one episode. CON's source specifically cites the episode where Wumbo would have any meaning.
CON also sourced and presented the initial argument, accounting for the "most reliable sources" vote.
I must be bored too. BTW, I don't watch SBSP.
Vote Placed by The_Chaos_Heart 5 years ago
Wumbology | DakotaKrafick | Tied | ||
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Total points awarded: | 3 | 0 |
Reasons for voting decision: Con failed to realize that any set of sounds people give meaning to are "real words", therefore, Wumbo need not be listed in a dictionary to be considere a word. Given that, if someone chooses to say "Wumbo means big", and if it is true that scientists study large things, then it is consequently true that Wumbology could be a valid science.