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David Des Roches

1 scored debate

27 challenges faced · 2,911 words scored

Debate integrity · one scored debate

Not a career average: Steelmanned has scored David once.

Where these scores sit

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David: 83 (v panel of 5) · shaded to our ±5–8 re-run band · all 46 scored performances shown

Inside our ±8-point re-run band of this record: Christopher Hitchens's 83, Andrew Wilson's 82, Destiny's 82, Tara Palmeri's 81. We treat these as indistinguishable from it.

Component standings

Confronted the point78site 52–97

Argued clean100site 6–100

Dealt straight61site 0–87

Let them talk88site 75–100

David's strongest component is “Argued clean” at 100. Across the 46 scored performances Steelmanned has published, that component runs 6–100: the highest we have recorded on that component.

A 100 on "Argued clean" means no fallacy points were charged, not that no fallacies were logged. The scorecard lists every logged event, including zero-valued ones.

The record

Al Jazeera EnglishPanel debate0h 46m

US-Israeli war on Iran: built on lies? | Mehdi Hasan and David Des Roches and panelists

David Des Roches

DIS ±8

On a panel with Mehdi Hasan, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Mohammad Ali Shabani & Barak Seener

CRUX45% · N=27

CLEAN30% · 2,911W

100

DEALT15% · N=27

TALK10% · 95 TURNS

Confronted the point on 20 cruxes across 27 challenges (42.8 of 55) and conceded ground on Trump's ego motive, imminence ('Imminent, we can argue over'), sanctions harming civilians, and US disbelief on human rights; Argued clean with no fallacies; but left P5, P15 ('didn't pay enough attention'), P18's sunset date, and P34 engaged-not-answered.

27 challenges faced · 2,911 words scored · rubric v0.11