One paragraph that might be worth adding to that is a further list of mistakes people make when arguing. Common things:
-people who turn on Mode 2 (convincing) and go after people too soon, and wind up tunnelvisioning.
-people who remain in Mode 1 (discovering) for an unnaturally long time, thus questioning their scumhunting.
-people who switch modes with great volatility or inconsistency.
-people who have turned on Mode 2 on too many/not enough people at a certain point in the game.
A further point about objective debates, especially theory debates, it's hard to win those most of the time. Often it ends in the stalemate of "you have your opinions and I have mine." Expecting scum will
crack
because of that is just downright ridiculous.Well written, by the way. I love the debate aspect of Mafia more than anything else.