Question

Think about a recent debate or argument that you had with a friend or family member. What was the topic of the debate/argument and what were the data sources that you and your friend/family member used to back up their assertions within the debate? Knowing what you know about the drawbacks of experience, intuition, and trusted authorities, how valid were the sources of data that were presented in the argument? How could the debate have been improved (i.e., what better sources of data could have been sought out)?

Answer 1

I had a debate with one of my cousins regarding the White supremacy in America. He argued that White people were racially superior who were the real architects in building the nation as we see it today. He pointed out the names of the inventors, their inventions, poets, architects, politicians etc. and told that almost All of them were Whites. He pointed out the text books he studied in the school regarding the nation building and how clever White people were in capturing the land, people and opportunities. He also told that the whole society was progressing because of the White talent.
I could only laugh at his arguments because history was written by the winners in their perspective and in the way they wanted the history look like. Thus his spring data from the school text books were written by White people who had the same mindset. So, I could only say that he should have brought some real research journals to support his points. Nevertheless, he was not arguing for a good thing.