Steelmanned

An integrity referee for public debates. We score how each side argued, never who won.

Jordan Peterson

1 scored debate

19 challenges faced · 9,256 words scored

76
Debate integrity · one scored debate

Not a career average: Steelmanned has scored Jordan once.

Where these scores sit

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Jordan: 76 (v panel of 3) · shaded to our ±5–8 re-run band · all 46 scored performances shown

Inside our ±8-point re-run band of this record: Dinesh D'Souza's 76, Candace Owens's 76, Peter Navarro's 76, Gerald Morgan Jr.'s 76. We treat these as indistinguishable from it.

Component standings

Confronted the point75site 52–97
Argued clean69site 6–100
Dealt straight82site 0–87
Let them talk90site 75–100

Jordan's strongest component is “Let them talk” at 90. Across the 46 scored performances Steelmanned has published, that component runs 75–100.

The record

PangburnStructured debate2h 05m

Sam Harris vs Jordan Peterson | God, Atheism, The Bible, Jesus - Part 1

Jordan Peterson
76
DIS ±8
On a panel with Sam Harris & Bret Weinstein
CRUX45% · N=19
75
CLEAN30% · 9,256W
69
DEALT15% · N=19
82
TALK10% · 196 TURNS
90

Steelmanned Harris's project ('you want to ground a structure of ethics in something solid') and answered directly what he means by God; scored 32.2 of 43 crux weight across 19 challenges and recorded 13.5 weighted fallacy points (1.46 per 1,000 words), including 'You haven't met any real evil people if you believe that' and deferring Weinstein's yes/no question until Harris flagged it, with 4 interruptions.

19 challenges faced · 9,256 words scored · rubric v0.11

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