Instigator / Pro
21
1264
rating
357
debates
39.64%
won
Topic
#5331

Divination: You ask five "yes or no" questions, and I give you correct answers using tarot and divination.

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
9
0
Better sources
6
6
Better legibility
3
3
Better conduct
3
3

After 3 votes and with 9 points ahead, the winner is...

Best.Korea
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
2
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
12
1553
rating
77
debates
55.19%
won
Description

Questions can be about past, present and future.

Remember, only ask questions that are answered with "yes" or "no".

In round 1, you ask questions.

In round 2, I answer them.

Nothing too offensive please, or tarot could get angry at us.

In round 2, you say if you think tarot answered questions correctly and if it did, I win, and if not, you win.

Round 1
Pro
#1
Ask your five questions.
Con
#2
The first two questions are about the future so that I can know the answer if tarot turns out to be valid, which I will test with the last three questions which are about the past and that I already know the answer to.

1: Will my life span be shorter than average?

2: Will me and my gf break up?

3: Did I hit another kid with a stick when I was a kid?

4: Did I ever rap battle RM on a different site from Debate Art?

5: Was I eating chicken, sweet potato and green beans while writing this question?
Round 2
Pro
#3
We ask tarot to give us correct answers to your questions.


1: Will my life span be shorter than average?
Yes.

Certainty of answer: 80%


2: Will me and my gf break up?
No.

Certainty of answer: 100%


3: Did I hit another kid with a stick when I was a kid?
Yes.

Certainty of answer: 100%


4: Did I ever rap battle RM on a different site from Debate Art?
Yes.

Certainty of answer: 60%


5: Was I eating chicken, sweet potato and green beans while writing this question?
Yes.

Certainty of answer: 100%
Con
#4
Interesting, it got every single one that I already knew correct. How do you determine the certainty %, just by running it multiple times through multiple different divination methods?

Even if it gets all 5 it doesn't prove divination really works, because it's possible it could get 5 consecutive questions right by chance but it actually does increase the odds that divination is legit.