The reactions to this debate have confirmed to me that these things are nothing more than a Rorschach test where everyone hears what they want to hear, circles their wagons around their champion, and declares victory. These things don't change anybody's minds.
I think the only one I've seen that didn't end that way was the Jordan Peterson/Zizek one where Peterson just mumbled the whole time because he ate too many benzos before going on stage. Zizek didn't really win because he was just rambling about the Hegalian dialectic, but Peterson legit looked like he was about to have a stroke and didn't know where he was.
I think to even be interested in watching this shit you'd have to be a fan of one of the participants, and most people are going to leave with the person they showed up with, basically.
The reactions to this debate have confirmed to me that these things are nothing more than a Rorschach test where everyone hears what they want to hear, circles their wagons around their champion, and declares victory. These things don't change anybody's minds.
I think the only one I've seen that didn't end that way was the Jordan Peterson/Zizek one where Peterson just mumbled the whole time because he ate too many benzos before going on stage. Zizek didn't really win because he was just rambling about the Hegalian dialectic, but Peterson legit looked like he was about to have a stroke and didn't know where he was.
Immovable object meets unstoppable force
I think to even be interested in watching this shit you'd have to be a fan of one of the participants, and most people are going to leave with the person they showed up with, basically.