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Matthew Adelstein

Matthew Adelstein's Slugfester profile includes score averages, opponents faced, topic performance, and linked debate scorecards.

Background

About Matthew Adelstein

Matthew Adelstein writes on philosophical questions about evidence and belief. His published research includes how the fact of our own existence should affect reasoning about the number of observers in the universe.

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Published debate record

2 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 80/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.

Matthew Adelstein vs Matt Dillahunty: Should We Believe in God? · 2025

Adelstein presented a cumulative Bayesian case for theism, while Dillahunty more consistently exposed underdetermined likelihoods, divine motives, and omnimax identification.

Matthew Adelstein: 81 · Matt Dillahunty: 89. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

Matthew Adelstein vs Lance Bush: Moral Realism · 2021

Adelstein offers reflective and experiential evidence for realism; Bush more effectively challenges its interpretation, while both distinguish hypothetical consistency from harmful endorsement.

Matthew Adelstein: 79 · Lance Bush: 86. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.