Why is it important to research your topic and all sides of the topic when debating in any setting?

1- main questions

 

Why are briefs important in debate? why is it important to research your topic and all sides of the topic when debating in any setting? Can you ever have too much information when debating? Why is it important to define terms during debate?

 

Answer as u can answer in 2 pages MLA format

 

2- Extra Credit :

 

what does this quote mean? ” The life of the intellect is the best and pleasurable for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man.Thus it will be the happiest” Aristotle ( 384-322 B.C.) . Nicomachean Ethics, 10.7,tr. J.A.K. Thomas,1953

 

answer as can u answer the extra credit questions in one and half pages