Fella said to the Big ****:

I still can't figure out for the life of me what atkinson was thinking
about when he invited you, of all people, to such a debate.

No need to figure -- JA told us explicitly in advance of the debate what his
goals were. The "subjective vs. objective" component was just
window-dressing.

You should be able to find JA's post in Google. I'll make it easy for you: