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I heard a radio lab podcast about 5 years ago about the national debates in the US and how absurd it sounded to an outsider.

They would speak so fast it was incomprehensible, which seems entirely counterproductive to the purpose of the debate. Then they followed the team that actually won. They were gay black students who instead debated on inequality for every single topic and used slurs and screamed curse words the entire time. They ended up winning the whole thing, after going up against a young woman who cried the entire time during her chance in the final.

Is this really how debating is done on the highest stages? I can't tell you how silly it seems.

Edit:. Found it in case anyone is into auditory masochism:

https://radiolab.org/episodes/debatable

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What were the positives that came out of the Afghan War?

So what's the point of developing these skills then? To become an auctioneer? Seems like they would make a terrible lawyer.

Geez, I can't imagine why anyone would make the connection.....