Steelmanned

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

Patrick Bet-David

1 scored debate

24 challenges faced · 13,806 words scored

55
Debate integrity · one scored debate

Not a career average: Steelmanned has scored Patrick once, against Mehdi Hasan.

Where these scores sit

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Patrick: 55 (v Mehdi Hasan) · shaded to our ±5–8 re-run band · all 46 scored performances shown

Inside our ±8-point re-run band of this record: Tim Pool's 55, Darline Graham's 55, Dinesh D'Souza's 61, Alan Dershowitz's 63. We treat these as indistinguishable from it.

Component standings

Confronted the point52site 52–97
Argued clean56site 6–100
Dealt straight30site 0–87
Let them talk96site 75–100

Patrick's strongest component is “Let them talk” at 96. Across the 46 scored performances Steelmanned has published, that component runs 75–100.

The record

PBD PodcastPanel debate2h 30m

Mehdi Hasan vs Patrick Bet-David — Iran war, dark money, US power (PBD #812)

Patrick Bet-David
55
DIS ±8
Opposite Mehdi Hasan · their score 89
CRUX45% · N=24
52
CLEAN30% · 13,806W
56
DEALT15% · N=24
30
TALK10% · 907 TURNS
96

Confronted 24 challenges (weighted 27.2 of 52); named common ground distancing from Florida anti-criticism laws and conceded 'I take ownership that he started' the war and Biden/Cheney campaign errors; recorded 31.5 weighted fallacy points including strawmanning an 'everything is America's fault' position Hasan disclaimed, 'the left is the party of the racist' whataboutism, and 'professional yabba dabba dabba' mockery; left P4, P12, P14 and the business-analogy mapping engaged-not-answered.

24 challenges faced · 13,806 words scored · rubric v0.11

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