Establishing a correct position

Establishing a correct position - is he right

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Case: Suppose you and I get into a debate. If you win and I lose, does it really mean you are right and I am wrong? If I win and you lose, does that really mean that I'm right and you're wrong? Must one of us be right and the other wrong? Or could both of us be right, or both of us wrong? If neither you nor I can know, a third person would be even more benighted. Whom should we have straighten out the matter? Someone who agrees with you? But since he already agrees with you, how can he straighten it out? Someone who agrees with me? But since he already agrees with me, how can he straighten it out? Someone who disagrees with both of us? But if he already disagrees with both of us, how can he straighten it out? Someone who agrees with both of us? But if he already agrees with both of us, how can he straighten it out? So neither you nor I nor any third party can ever know how it is - shall we wait for yet some other person?

Question: Why is Zhuangzi skeptical of debate establishing a correct position? Is he right?

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