On Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 4:51:04 PM UTC-7, Winston Smith wrote:

... if the science is good

How can we know until the debate has taken place? That is the reason
FOR the debate.

Debate is not a suitable tool for science. The questions science
considers, are NEVER closed. No resolution after a set of
back-and-forth-speeches, lasting a few minutes or hours, carries
any scientific authority whatsoever.

That means no scientist is likely to take an interest in such a debate.