Instigator / Pro
3
1417
rating
158
debates
32.59%
won
Topic
#2429

Intelligent Design should be taught in school

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
3
Better sources
2
0
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
0
1

After 1 vote and with 2 points ahead, the winner is...

Sum1hugme
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
5
1627
rating
37
debates
66.22%
won
Description

this is not objective "should", but rather for a vast majority notion where the benefits outweigh the negatives (not absolute, nor forcing every school to teach it).

This concerns public and private schools overall.

Intelligent Design: the theory that life, or the universe, cannot have arisen by chance and was designed and created by some intelligent entity. Note that "taught" does not mean this is treated as the truth, merely information given to the students.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

I honestly tried to cut my original RFD down in order to fit it in 5000 characters, but it would have required cutting out pretty important stuff, so you can access the full thing in the link below.[1]
The main things I want anyone reading this to know.
"theory" should have been tabooed almost immediately, though this wasn't too big of a problem.[2]
Pro barely had Sources and Con almost had Conduct, so I adjusted it by giving Con Conduct, which more accurately represents how I would break down points at the loss of precise wins and losses in the RFD.
[1]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wA-vRN7tND0v5w_9p0wp3tibkpL2CU48qY9EAWmHln8/edit?usp=sharing
[2]http://lesswrong.com/lw/nu/taboo_your_words/