I am not very much in favor of debates or discussions, I lean more towards dialogues. Trying to convince the other that it is wrong, or that you are right does not seem to me the most beneficial. I prefer a conversation in which both parties are more interested in finding the truth about the subject they are talking about than defending their own opinions and points of view. So that the participants are not against each other, but the two together for the truth. I am not against the competition, but in this specific case I dispense with it.

Such a conversation can only happen spontaneously and naturally, without many rules that inhibit participants from taking the necessary liberties to find what they are looking for. And that it should be as long as the subject allows. There should be no rush. It always amazed me how the United States organizes presidential debates. It is once every four years and from there the next president of the supposed most powerful nation in the world will emerge. The person who according to the media would be the most powerful in the world. However, they only have one hour to discuss all the issues of politics, economics, and society. All the issues, and just one hour. And a single hour to speak the two, not one alone. That's not enough. Any celebrity, any Kardashian, has more time to talk on her own about her latest reality show, or whatever she does, on television. It just doesn't make sense.

But back to the topic, I would be more interested in Socratic type dialogues, where only one of the interlocutors tests his opinion, and the other interrogates him to the point of seeing if it does not contradict itself, if it is coherent, if it is logically valid, in short, until we know if it is justified or not. After which one proceeds to accept or reject such opinion, or most likely to accept or reject the opinion produced by the dialogue, because during the dialogue such opinion comes to life and evolves, becoming closer to the truth, or being refuted.

The most important thing in a debate, discussion, or dialogue, must always be the truth, and if none of the parties involved is interested in releasing their opinions to get closer to it, then it is just a waste of time.