I think this is evidence, but weak evidence—it updates me more on “Rootclaim isn’t great at debates” than it does on the underlying issue. (Like, how much should William Lane Craig winning his debates update me on theism?)
I think if I started off at 90% confidence of lab leak, Rootclaim losing wouldn’t bring me below 80% confidence of lab leak. Plausibly Peter Miller’s arguments contain defeaters for my specific beliefs, and going thru the debate would bring me much lower, but I don’t yet have that sense from the summaries I’ve seen.
Like, how much should William Lane Craig winning his debates update me on theism?
Partly I think that this debate format was way higher-quality than most formats I’ve seen, including in the domain of theism vs atheism. I also think that the answer is going to depend on whether or not your reasons for atheism are basically the same as Craig’s opponents’ - if they are, then I think it actually should somewhat (at least in a format where the winner is picked correctly), but if they aren’t, then it probably shouldn’t much at all.
I think this is evidence, but weak evidence—it updates me more on “Rootclaim isn’t great at debates” than it does on the underlying issue. (Like, how much should William Lane Craig winning his debates update me on theism?)
I think if I started off at 90% confidence of lab leak, Rootclaim losing wouldn’t bring me below 80% confidence of lab leak. Plausibly Peter Miller’s arguments contain defeaters for my specific beliefs, and going thru the debate would bring me much lower, but I don’t yet have that sense from the summaries I’ve seen.
Partly I think that this debate format was way higher-quality than most formats I’ve seen, including in the domain of theism vs atheism. I also think that the answer is going to depend on whether or not your reasons for atheism are basically the same as Craig’s opponents’ - if they are, then I think it actually should somewhat (at least in a format where the winner is picked correctly), but if they aren’t, then it probably shouldn’t much at all.