Instigator / Pro
6
1500
rating
4
debates
0.0%
won
Topic
#4787

science is politically motivated rather than factual

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
6
Better sources
2
4
Better legibility
2
2
Better conduct
2
2

After 2 votes and with 8 points ahead, the winner is...

jamgiller
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
1
Time for argument
Two hours
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
14
1491
rating
10
debates
70.0%
won
Description

No information

Round 1
Pro
#1
donald trump controls science
Con
#2
You should have included in the description that you intended to have a troll debate. If you need to complete 3 debates to get permission to make/accept ranked challenges, people can help.

Without evidence for your claim, you don't meet the burden of proof.

While certain people carry out purely politically motivated investigations, often faking or misrepresenting data, and the results of scientific studies can be put towards political ends, the practice of science itself is factually motivated by design (read about the scientific method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method?wprov=sfla1).