Nobody cares. “Zero academic rigour” isn’t an argument. “Your opinion and nothing more” is exactly what most of your top level comments in this story are: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50093362.
You would learn a lot by attending a debate class at your local high school before returning to post.
> You would learn a lot by attending a debate class at your local high school before returning to post.
This is a very weird insult. We are not doing highschool debate here. I know for a fact that I am an exceptionally poor competitive debater (I tried it ones as a young adult and was thrown off by the easiest debate tactics). This is a tech forum of nerds who talk about nerdy subjects, in the hopes that we might entertain each other with interesting stuff. And in this subthread the nerdy subject is Horseshoe Theory, in which I share insights as a leftist, and as somebody that knows somewhat about the scientific method, and a tiny bit about political science (albeit via social psychology from my undergraduate degree).
What I care about is conveying my arguments. I don‘t care about debate tactics meant to throw my “opponent” off their guard, and score some points by a panel of judges.
You would learn a lot by attending a debate class at your local high school before returning to post.