debate on thursday
i'm debating professor larry bobo on thursday, as part of a stanford series on controversies about inequality. we're planning to tackle ideas about american exceptionalism, poverty, and the origins and persistence of mass incarceration.
i'm entering the fray with a mix of enthusiasm and trepidation, which i guess makes me trepidusiastic. though i lose arguments with tor and esperanza every day, i've never participated in an actual debate. got any pointers for a newbie?
i'm entering the fray with a mix of enthusiasm and trepidation, which i guess makes me trepidusiastic. though i lose arguments with tor and esperanza every day, i've never participated in an actual debate. got any pointers for a newbie?
posted by christopher uggen @ 8:44 AM
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4 Comments:
my general strategy is always to say that they had a bad sample, they didn't control for [whatever] and thus their estimates are wrong. but i don't know if that will help you much with bobo. . .
check out http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/crime.
He presented here a while ago and those are his papers. I bet he'll use the same stuff. He might have audio visual stuff, which is hard to beat. Bring a guitar.
On e's point, his sample is kinda crappy. His most recent work is about differences between Blacks and White's on their punitive attitudes. If you look at his questions, you could nail him there. Problem is I don't think you'd disagree with him.
But other than that, I think being trepidusiatic is a good thing to be.
dang, that's some hardcore advice. one point of disagreement, though: bringing my guitar along could only hurt me...
in a sean connery voice: that's the chicago way, he brings a regression, you bring a GLM, he brings a . . .oh god, i feel like such a geek . . .
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