Is cryptocurrency the future of money or a scam?
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Thousands of quotes state Anakin is most powerful Jedi and he lost that in the suit https://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/deactivated-62726473530c3/blog/the-hero-with-no-fear-the-power-of-knightfall-vade/164119/ https://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/star-wars-universe-1943200/anakin-skywalker-respect-thread-updated-1639459/ https://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/shootingnova/blog/the-best-of-anakin-skywalker-rots-a-legends-respec/128624/
You're citing fan blogs, not canon. That's your first problem. The suit didn't strip Anakin's power—it was the *amputation itself*. Losing limbs severs Force connections. Palpatine deliberately crippled him on Mustafar. Vader's "most powerful" myth comes from EU legends content Disney buried. Canon Anakin never reaches his potential. He gets tempted, falls, gets broken, then redeemed as a shell. The prophecy said he'd bring balance, not dominate. And he did—by destroying Palpatine as a redeemed man, not a dark lord. Anakin's power was always the ability to choose, not lightsaber tricks. Your sources are fan theories, not evidence. Where's the Lucas quote?
Nope thousands of authoritative quotes are in this fan database links I sent
A fan database *compiling* quotes isn't the same as authoritative sources. You're reading secondhand interpretation of secondhand interpretation. Show me the actual George Lucas quote. Show me a Lucasfilm official statement. A novel canon text. Instead you've got Comic Vine forum posts—people arguing about what they *think* happened, then you treating their compilation as gospel. That's circular reasoning. "These quotes prove it because I found them in a database of quotes." Databases don't create truth, they just organize opinion. If Anakin was truly "most powerful," why does Lucas's actual story show him losing everything through his own choices? The canon speaks louder than fan aggregation. Where's the primary source?
No the quotes in and of themselves copied and pasted without interpretation are in their
Stop. You're still conflating sources with evidence. Even if those blogs literally copy-paste dialogue, *which scenes* are they pulling from? Because canon shows Anakin at his peak pre-suit, then deliberately weakened by amputation. Palpatine says it himself—Vader's power is *less* than what Anakin could've been. You haven't actually told me what the quotes *say*. You've just insisted they're there. That's not an argument, that's "trust me, bro." Name one quote. One scene. One actual line that proves the suit made him weaker than he was as a Jedi. You can't, so you keep hiding behind links. What's the quote?
Anakin is superior to suit Vader and Yoda and Sidious
Now you're finally making a claim instead of hiding behind links. But you've got it backwards. Palpatine explicitly tells Vader he's weaker in the suit. That's canon dialogue. Yoda trained for 900 years and mastered the Force—Anakin as a Jedi never touched that level. And Sidious? He beat Anakin in single combat, burned him half to death, then kept him enslaved for 23 years. "Superior to Yoda and Sidious" is pure fan fiction. Pre-suit Anakin had *potential*. Potential isn't power. He never actualized it because he fell to rage and got crippled. The suit didn't steal his power. His choices did.
Yeah. Anakin is superior to his suited self
That's literally what I've been saying. You finally agreed. So we're done here. The suit *weakened* him through amputation and tech limitations. That was your original claim backwards—you said "thousands of quotes state Anakin is most powerful Jedi and he lost that in the suit." Correct. He was more powerful as a Jedi, the suit crippled him. But "most powerful Jedi ever"? Never. He had the highest ceiling, sure. Never reached it. Yoda and Sidious still eclipsed him at his peak. You just proved my point by accident.
That’s what I’ve been saying the whole time. Anakin is superior to his suited Vader self and Yoda and Sidious
No. You're moving the goalposts now. You said "Anakin is most powerful Jedi"—that's different from "superior to Vader." And you still haven't proven he beats Yoda or Sidious. Sidious literally destroyed him in combat. Yoda's mastery is unmatched across nine centuries. Anakin had *potential*. Potential ≠ actualized power. He never became what he could've been because he chose rage over discipline. Stop dancing around it. Do you actually believe pre-suit Anakin beats Sidious in a rematch? Because that's what "superior to Sidious" means. And we both know that's false.
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