My opponent will contradict him/herself
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AlexanderOc
| Voting Style: | Open | Point System: | 7 Point | ||
| Started: | 8/3/2014 | Category: | Games | ||
| Updated: | 7 years ago | Status: | Post Voting Period | ||
| Viewed: | 3,589 times | Debate No: | 59897 | ||
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 Pro The resolution is simple. All I have to do is to get my opponent to contradict himself. I get to ask 5 questions per round. (I can of course choose not to ask any questions within any round, but that would be stupid) My opponent can either answer "yes" or "no", but must choose an answer--he or she may not put a blank next to the question. He can lie of course, but I can ask a question twice, so I suggest telling the truth so that the second time I can't catch you off guard. Capitalization or lower-case will be treated exactly the same. That means "No" is "no" and "Yes" means the same thing as "yes". I can challenge my opponent anytime to debate over whether he has contradicted himself within the answers of his or her questions, and my opponent gets the chance to rebut. If at the end my opponent cannot argue his way out of contradicting himself or herself, then he or she loses. He or she is allowed to use loopholes but nothing dumb or desperate. Round one for my opponent is acceptance only. |
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Pro Let's start out easy. 1. Are you a Christian? 2. Is your real name Alexander Oc? 3. Do you believe in the FSM? (Flying Spaghetti Monster) 4. Are you a mathematician? 5. Is the below equation true?  |
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Pro Okay, so my opponent hasn't contradicted himself. This round is slightly more difficult. 1. Is 1+1=2? 2. Have you watched any good shows lately? 3. Are you an athiest? 4. Will you answer "no" to the next question? 5. What was your answer to the previous question? You see, while 1 to 3 are not intended to trip you, four and five are quite difficult to get past without a cunning loophole. Think about it carefully. If you answer no: "No, I won't answer no to the next question....meaning I will answer yes to question five, but that wasn't my answer to the previous question....CONTRADICTION" If you answer yes "Yes, I will answer no to question five...but I am forced to answer yes to question 5, so....CONTRADICTION" Good luck finding a loophole around that. >:D  Con 1. Yes 2. Yes 3. No 4. No 5. This question is not yes or no and therefore cannot be answered with yes/no. My opponent can only ask a yes/no question to get a yes/no response. |
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Pro My opponent tries to wiggle his way out of my crazy paradox. However, question 5's answer is yes/no, since question 4 was obviously a yes/no question. In order for question 5 to be a NOT yes/no question, the answer to question number 4 must not be yes/no. However, my opponent does not argue that question 4's answer was neither yes nor no, and actually answered "no". He contradicted himself because "no" was his answer "to the previous question"--question 4, but my opponent answers "This question is not yes or no and therefore cannot be answered with yes/no. My opponent can only ask a yes/no question to get a yes/no response." This is not the answer to question number 4 and my opponent has thus contradicted himself. It's over--VOTE PRO. A bunch of filler questions (to try to mess you up further) 1. Do you like waffles? 2. Do you play any sports? 3. Was your answer to question 1 "yes"? 4. Was your answer to question 2 not "no"? 5. Was your answer to question 4 "no"? Con 1. No 2. Yes 3. No 4. Yes 5. No Start a question with "what" implies that it is not yes/no, whether or not those are the available answers. "What is you favorite color?" is asking for an example out of an assumed set. Yes is not a viable answer to that question. My opponent cannot ask a "what" question when the only responses I'm allowed are yes/no, regardless of context. I've made no contradictions because my answer to the "next" question was not "no", since 5 was a void question. Were 5 a yes/no question, it wouldn't be unanswerable and therefore not void. No contradictions have been made. Good debate. |
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Vote Placed by Vexorator 7 years ago
| 9spaceking | AlexanderOc | Tied | ||
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| Made more convincing arguments: | - | | - | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 0 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: Very funny debate. Pro almost got Con, but Con saw that one of the questions wasn't even a yes/no question.
Vote Placed by Codedlogic 7 years ago
| 9spaceking | AlexanderOc | Tied | ||
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| Who had better conduct: | - | - | | 1 point |
| Had better spelling and grammar: | - | - | | 1 point |
| Made more convincing arguments: | - | | - | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 0 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: Pro failed in the BoP to get Con to contradict them self.
Vote Placed by Mister_Man 7 years ago
| 9spaceking | AlexanderOc | Tied | ||
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| Who had better conduct: | | - | - | 1 point |
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| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 4 | 1 |
Reasons for voting decision: "5. What was your answer to the previous question?"
Replying with "this is not a yes or no question" is not the right answer, which is why I give the edge to Pro. Although Con never contradicted himself, and he did win the debate, he did wiggle his way out of a question in which he could have easily answered yes or no.
Vote Placed by Ragnar 7 years ago
| 9spaceking | AlexanderOc | Tied | ||
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| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 1 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: I give credit for it being clever, con had to break from the setup in order to win, but he did indeed win.
Vote Placed by Loveshismom 7 years ago
| 9spaceking | AlexanderOc | Tied | ||
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| Total points awarded: | 0 | 4 |
Reasons for voting decision: Pro started a question with "what," which can't possibly be yes or no. He also aske void questions, Con did not CONtradict himself at all.
Vote Placed by FuzzyCatPotato 7 years ago
| 9spaceking | AlexanderOc | Tied | ||
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| Total points awarded: | 3 | 0 |
Reasons for voting decision: #5 was Y/N, because the full set of answers was Y/N.
Vote Placed by TorqueDork 7 years ago
| 9spaceking | AlexanderOc | Tied | ||
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| Who had better conduct: | - | - | | 1 point |
| Had better spelling and grammar: | - | - | | 1 point |
| Made more convincing arguments: | - | | - | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 0 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: 9spaceking was trying to win an easy debate by tricking AlexanderOc but space king executed it poorly
Please see this debate: http://www.debate.org...
even I agree I lost it, XD