論破 — The art of demolishing arguments
Before you can demolish an argument, you must first understand it completely. The strongest refutations come not from ignorance of the opposing position, but from intimate knowledge of its every joint and seam. Study what you intend to dismantle.
A true ronpa targets the load-bearing assumption. Every argument rests upon premises, and among those premises there is always one that the speaker believes is unassailable. Find it. Test it. When it fractures, the entire edifice falls without requiring you to address each individual claim.
Refutation without reconstruction is mere destruction. The master debater does not leave a void where the demolished argument stood. They offer the stronger alternative, the clearer reasoning, the more elegant explanation. Ronpa is not nihilism — it is replacement of the weak with the strong.
Tap a card to reveal its demolition.
Tradition is sufficient justification for continuing a practice.
Longevity proves only persistence, not validity. Slavery was traditional. Appeal to tradition is a logical fallacy — argumentum ad antiquitatem.
The majority opinion is likely correct.
Consensus measures popularity, not truth. Geocentrism held majority support for centuries. Truth is not democratic — argumentum ad populum.
If we cannot prove something false, it must be true.
Absence of disproof is not proof. The burden of evidence falls on the claimant, not the skeptic. This is the argument from ignorance — argumentum ad ignorantiam.