As a former public forum and college debater and current debate coach, I am not sure that completely agree with this analysis. While this may work with highly uneducated opponents or parents (lay judges), as I write this, I am watching a round between two teams in the top 16 at a relatively high-level tournament judged by a panel of 3 judges - all of whom are former debaters or current college debaters. In this round, both teams have been relentlessly preparing for this topic for 10s of hours per week and have full access to each other's evidence. Lying or... (read more)
Yes. This analysis primarily applies to low information environments (like the lay circuits I participated in). I would not use this on for example, the national circuit.
As a former public forum and college debater and current debate coach, I am not sure that completely agree with this analysis. While this may work with highly uneducated opponents or parents (lay judges), as I write this, I am watching a round between two teams in the top 16 at a relatively high-level tournament judged by a panel of 3 judges - all of whom are former debaters or current college debaters. In this round, both teams have been relentlessly preparing for this topic for 10s of hours per week and have full access to each other's evidence. Lying or... (read more)