PF Debate Competition: Lend Us Your Thoughts!

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The forum discussion centers around organizing a Public Forum (PF) Debate Competition focused on controversial science topics, with viewers voting on the winners. Some members express concerns about the difficulty of ensuring equal knowledge among participants, while others suggest incorporating a wider range of topics, including politics and religion. There is a proposal for anonymous debating to reduce bias and encourage curiosity among viewers. However, some members argue that formal debates may not be constructive for scientific discussions, preferring a more cooperative learning approach. Ultimately, the idea of a trivia-style challenge is also proposed as a potentially more engaging alternative.
  • #31
I'd say only do one debate at a time. Easier to monitor and participate. To actively participate in a constructive manner one must put time aside to write a decent post. If you wanted to participate in more then one debate, you're screwed timewise.
 
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  • #32
Maybe if we run a few debates at a time, but let them run for weeks, so that people have time to look up information, and sort out their arguments before posting them, as opposed to having to know everything (or where to find it) off the top of their head.
 
  • #33
This thread is two years old and was brought back to life by a spammer, now banned. So there really isn't any point to continuing it.
 

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