Centre Idea: Credit
(This debate topic is inspired by
this video, so if you know Mandarin you can check it out)
Point 1: How is credit distributed?
Well, let's get one thing clear: What is credit, really? For the sake of this argument, I will use this definition and any other definition will be deemed false. Pro used zero definition regarding this term and when I talk "credit" this, "credit" that, it means this. Any attempt of proving that the definition is wrong will be regarded as a useless point.
the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.
According to the definition, Credit is determined by attribute and value: If you simply do this better than everyone else, you got more credit especially within that field. It is bare common sense that the winner of a competition is obviously of more credit than the guy who came in last unless the latter did something that surpasses the greatness of the winner's glory.
Credit is based on trust: If I have credit, people can trust me to do something. Here are other examples of good credit.
- Never violating a law. A law-abiding citizen simply has more credit than a criminal, and thus the former is more trustable by the authorities to do their works, especially when cooperating with the law and order. The car driver who never ran a red light or driven drunk is more likely to be helped by the insurance companies due to good credit. It's common sense, come on.
- Being the son of a very successful businessman or politician will also grant you automatic credit points. Even though he did nothing, being the family member of a very successful person will automatically lead people into thinking that this person is taught ethically and is smart, thus granting credit to him.
- Being rich. Money is literally credit: I give you the money, it means I am satisfied with you/your group, etc. You would call for a refund if the hotel is full of ants and mice, whereas you would tip the waitress that is being more polite than everyone else doing her job. Having money means you have credit, and thus you are reliable.
- Scholarship, Ph.D. degrees, and experience. You know more so I can trust you more, hence more credit.
- Wins at a competition. You can do things better than everyone else here, so you must be trustable in this field.
- Being a friend...? I guess if you are good to me I can trust you?
My opponent literally had a
resume. He should be familiar with what credit is and what it does. We know what credit is and now it is to compare two individuals. Remember: If people are more likely to rely on you, you have better credit.
Credit is very important. It literally runs the world. Remember: Money is credit and money runs all trades within this society, so credit literally runs the world. This is on top where there are more complicated and intricate human feelings, which is also based on credit within.
Point 2: The smart, the dumb, and the loathed
So here we have two individuals: A, the guy who is smart but is hated; and B, the guy that isn't so intelligent but is trusted by the people. Obviously, Pro has to argue either than credit is not important or that A is the better choice out of two.
A is the guy that you will probably see in a supervillain comic issue. The guy who thinks he is so smart(and probably is), but everyone hates him. He probably started High school in 12 and aced his SAT in 15, even achieving a Ph.D. in 20. Who are examples of the A personality?
Unabomber, the anarcho-primitivist terrorist who bombs airports and university parking lots, despite being offered into a very good college in just 16 and solving problems faster than everyone. Note:
Said being must be generally disliked, not just non-liked. Another example is
Leonardo Notarbartolo, who stole hundreds of millions of worth of diamonds and was smart enough to even break in the vault. These people are not just being unpopular, but being a security hazard. Pro stated that you must be hated(Not just non-liked!!) by lots of people to satisfy the criteria for personality number A on this sense, so if you are just being harmless like Tesla(Just not that popular, but he is overall still just a crazy but non-bad person for the exploration of the scientific fields), you probably wouldn't be hated like the exact Personality A.
Pro pointed out that one can remove its loathe, but if he is no longer loathed because of his redemption, so you are
No longer living a smart yet loathed life anymore. This is what happened to
Galileo: The guy who proved that the earth rotates the sun and that everything falls the constant speed. His experiments got rid of his loathe because people started to realize that he is talking sense all along. If you are living a smart, loathed life, you must be so immoral that you are never understood. Serial killers and public hazards fulfill said criteria, and scientists don't. Being unpopular does not equate to
being hated by most. Pro mentioned "Smart people are generally useful", but not if they never trusted anyone because he is so loathed that he is living as Pro said. Person A will probably live like a criminal for the rest of his life if he lived a life smart and loathed.
Plus, as I mentioned that credit is important in this society, person A wouldn't be a lot credited at all. Remember: If I prove that B is more credited than A, it means B is more functional in society, hence better. If A is disliked by much, then he would lose credit more than he gains, and if he gains credit he would be no longer loathed, which would defeat its purpose. B, on the other hand, is popular for a reason, and as a result, he would be credited for at least one thing. A would most likely bring more harm than good into this society.
Pro's resolution has unequal disadvantages: A must be hated by most(not just unliked), while B doesn't need to be a straight-out idiot from eyes to toes. Being average intelligence, popular, credited, I don't see the problem with this.
This guru explained this problem. If you are dumb and have a lot of credit, then you are more prone to be successful than someone smart with little credit, etc. B has more credit than A(common sense, you can see it), and as a result, B is more functional in society and will be trusted by not only his friends and acquaintances but those who see their credit. A would probably bring more harm than good into this society consider he needs to be constantly hated by lots of people at a time, and never be understood by the definition.
I rest my case. Vote Con.
ohhh wait, it's not for no reason that you are loathed -- it's disgusting person; slob
I see that you are using points for the winning side. The problems lies not within the arguments, but the resolution.
My interpretation of the correct translation is "If a person could live again, it would be good to be someone being disliked".
Oops accepted this on accident guess I gotta write arguments about sociology.
Kinda like Moira MacTaggert from X-Men?
We'd have a bunch of geniuses on our hands!
thoughts on this one? I'm taking pro cuz he won, though I think con's args are decent