Thanks, great points. I agree that we should only be interested in good faith arguments — we should be clear about that in the judging criteria, and clear about what counts as a bad faith criticism. I think the Forum guidelines are really good on this.
Of course, it is possible to strongly disagree with a claim without resorting to bad faith arguments, and I’m hopeful that the best entrants can lead by example.
“Clear about what counts as a bad faith criticism”
I guess one of my points was that there’s a limit to how “clear” you can be about what counts as “bad faith”, because someone can always find a loophole in any rules you set.
Thanks, great points. I agree that we should only be interested in good faith arguments — we should be clear about that in the judging criteria, and clear about what counts as a bad faith criticism. I think the Forum guidelines are really good on this.
Of course, it is possible to strongly disagree with a claim without resorting to bad faith arguments, and I’m hopeful that the best entrants can lead by example.
“Clear about what counts as a bad faith criticism”
I guess one of my points was that there’s a limit to how “clear” you can be about what counts as “bad faith”, because someone can always find a loophole in any rules you set.