The Importance of Paradigms in Competitive Debate

Tab Room says it has 47,000 paradigms to measure the range of arguments that can be made in high school debate. Caleb: How rare is it for somebody to walk into a room as a judge and say if these are the kinds of arguments you're prepared to make, you've lost already? Tab Room: It's not an even thing. The number really doesn't matter. What matters is the general atmosphere. That further entrenches the echo chamber where certain ideas are just not welcome.