After all, that's what works. This is based on putting forward hypotheses and then disproving them until one is found that fits the evidence. Sometimes they can be dismissed immediately because of obvious discrepancies, even though the correct answer might not be known. Sometimes they take time and research to disprove. This is the absolute opposite of debating and trials.
Scientists usually lose debates because they are too honest.
If the scientist has heard of these, he will know that they have been discredited. If not, he will go away and do some research before he will commit himself. Of course, anybody with a modicum of education knows that the dinosaurs were supposed to be extinct before man came on the scene, but in a debate before the uneducated this does not matter. And yes, they get very boring and wordy because their written words have to be exact, and leave no room for ambiguity. The author of Darwin on Trial is a lawyer who hasn't researched his subject properly.