Scientific Debater Prints

"This is where petrophysics leaves off, and petrochemistry steps in."

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Dialogue

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

"Now that's a win."

Changing Minds

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

"Toadstool you say? No, this is snailstool now!"

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

'You present a very convincing argument.'

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

Flat-earthers and round-earthers reach a compromise.

Needless to say, God forgot the legs.

Science Snobs

Like Minded

Stegosaurus (say the evolutionists). Nonsense (say the creationists).

And now, for a rebuttal.

'Is there a God? God knows...'

''Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense' Thomas Huxley, 1825-1895.'

Global warming debate.

'My opponent hates cats.'

"Woo-hoo!"

The last word.

Approved Debate Questions

"Let's just drop it, Andrew, and leave it to future historians to decide which of us was right."

"We Tell No One"

Debate Club Note

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