the one that has the least points on ddo, is the winner

I appreciate your granting me the opportunity to engage in this thought provoking, intellectual discussion. I suspect that I will end up boosting your ELO and win percentage. But I won"t got down without a fight. The debate concerns the least points on this site. Statistically, it's easy to calculate that you have an ELO ranking of 1,089 while I (based on one debate still in the voting process) have an ELO of 2,069. If we accept that by points, you mean our respective numerical ELO values, on one level you can clearly argue that you have less "points" than me and thus should win this debate as a matter of indisputable fact. But let's at least pause to take a look at the meaning of the term least. It is generally defined as "the smallest in amount, extent, or significance." [1] If we want to narrowly confine the term least to "smallest in amount," as I've pointed out, you have an insurmountable advantage in this debate. But if we choose to focus on the significance of your hard won ELO points, I think there is room to argue that the 1,089 ELO points that you possess based on a year of participation at this site and over 400+ debates are of far greater significance than my 2,089 points based on one "completed" debate (though it is still in the voting period). If we wanted to look at the significance of your ELO score in terms of statistical reliability, my points have far less significance. If we look at the hard fought value of your point total in terms of the impact on members in this site and what it means in terms of your debating skills, I think any rational person would give the greatest weight to the value of your point score and the least weight to the value of my point score. [2] Next let's look at the context of this question. A debate can generally be defined as two or more people arguing about (a subject), especially in a formal manner. [3] And arguable is defined as something susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable. In short, it's something susceptible to being supported by convincing or persuasive argument. Thus, in the context of a debate, I do not believe we can assume that the simple numerical comparison is the appropriate meaning of the term "least" in the context of our debate. If so, we would more appropriately determine the outcome by each of us pulling out a measuring device of some sort and determining scientifically who has numerically more "points."[4] Thus, given that this is a debate, it should be assumed and appropriately determined that what we are debating is who has the more significant ELO value. There can be no argument that your ELO rating earned slowly and through hours of pain staking thought and page after page of carefully honed writing has far more significant than my one debate granted ELO. In short, if we compare our two ELO ratings, mine is of the least value. If we look up the meaning of value, we learn that it refers to a number or quantity among other definitions. If my ELO rating has lowest numerical quantity, then of course, I should prevail in this debate. Yours in sophistry, Sarai [1] https://www.google.com... [2] http://www.debate.org... [3] https://www.google.com... [4] http://dictionary.reference.com... [5] http://dictionary.reference.com...