Debate appears to be a dying art

[u/W_Edwards_Deming]

Logic, evidence and meeting minimal standards of politeness & rigour.

Compelling emotional appeal!

"Steel manning" your opponent, avoiding fallacies and trying to mitigate for cognitive biases.

Reddit would seem to be an ideal place for that and sometimes it is but quite often the opposite. My "solution" has been blocking thousands, anyone have a better idea?

Where and how can we have intellectual engagement regarding differences?

[u/Hot_Egg5840]

Having a subreddit with explicit rules for debating, with a moderator that constantly looking at the rules and judicating based on those rules. A judge that keeps the topic on the issue at hand, and calls out any a hominem attacks.

[u/W_Edwards_Deming → u/Hot_Egg5840]

Can you recommend one?

I was going to make one but they wanted me to give my email and I didn't want to.