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Debate Topics, Challenges and Scheduling

Mr.Anonymous
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Posted 02/20/07 - 05:37 PM:	#211
Paul wrote: We did, which is why I asked for your opening post a month ago, Jan 13. Later (Jan 20) I sent a reminder PM which you also ignored. Actually it clearly shows that you read the PMs. Why you read them and then instantly forget them I can't guess. My belief was that you would create the thread, and I'd post. Clearly, I was wrong, which I am appologize for. I will take care to analyze the rules more closely in the future. In the meantime, here's another debate topic: Whether a mass democracy is preferable to a direct democracy. Suggestion: Debaters should take into account the uses of the Internet and its uses in sending votes.
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Paul
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Posted 02/21/07 - 09:42 AM:	#212
We've already had 2 debates about democracy. No more are allowed for a while.

Mr.Anonymous
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Posted 02/21/07 - 04:49 PM:	#213
Paul wrote: We've already had 2 debates about democracy. No more are allowed for a while. Just as a future topic, I mean.
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nawitus
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Posted 05/21/07 - 12:01 PM:	#214
I can debate following: Strong AI is possible.
"In a place like this, words fail. In the end, there can only be a dread silence, a silence which is a heartfelt cry to God -- Why, Lord, did you remain silent? How could you tolerate all this?" - Pope Benedict

Alekhine
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Posted 05/22/07 - 12:37 PM:	#215
I would thoroughly enjoy debating this position: All government is unethical.
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Posted 05/22/07 - 01:25 PM:	#216
Alekhine wrote: I would thoroughly enjoy debating this position: All government is unethical. I wouldn't mind arguing against that.
"What is reality?" "What is home?" "What are cows?" ------------------- "Faith is beleiving in what you can not see. The benifit of faith is that you begin to see what you beleive."- St. Augustine

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Posted 05/22/07 - 03:24 PM:	#217
Sure, I'll try to get the process rolling, as soon as I figure it out.
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si
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Posted 05/23/07 - 03:34 PM:	#218
Go to "Debate Forum Parameters" in the Debate board it's the first thread. Follow the instructions. Edited by si on 05/23/07 - 03:41 PM

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Posted 05/25/07 - 03:46 PM:	#219
nawitus wrote: I can debate following: Strong AI is possible. I would be willing to take the counter-argument, assuming we're going with the original (Searle's) definition of the term. John R. Searle is the person who originally coined the term "Strong AI" and he defined it as the thesis that "the appropriately programmed computer really is a mind, in the sense that computers given the right programs can be literally said to understand and have other cognitive states." This is what strong AI is, and this is what I dispute. Edit: added second paragraph. Edited by Tisthammerw on 05/28/07 - 10:14 AM
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Posted 06/02/07 - 12:50 AM:	#220
Whether the general mass of humanity should rule itself, or should be ruled by the elite. in the past has not shown either to be able to do so...perhaps that is why Jesus will come and be the King of kings and of all
http://24isaiah.net/Lord-Will-Destroy-America.htm

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