Poll results: New name for Great Debates

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  • Plato's Playground

    8 7.69%
  • Socratic Society

    4 3.85%
  • The Crucible

    25 24.04%
  • Sophistry and Illusion

    10 9.62%
  • Nerd Fight

    20 19.23%
  • Think Tank

    15 14.42%
  • Argument Clinic

    20 19.23%
  • The Forensics Lab

    2 1.92%
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Thread: Voting thread for new Great Debates name

  1. #51
    Elephant
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    Default Re: Voting thread for new Great Debates name

    A crucible is a vessel for heating metals. So The Crucible is the place where ideas are tossed and turned around.
    There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. -- Ray Bradbury's "Coda"

  2. #52
    Stegodon kk fusion's avatar
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    Default Re: Voting thread for new Great Debates name

    So The Crucible is the place where ideas are tossed and turned around
    To produce a homogeneous and unified mass? Is this wishful thinking?

  3. #53
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    Default Re: Voting thread for new Great Debates name

    I think the idea is that each individual's quality ideas will clump together and be used as a foundation for new ideas, while the old crummy ideas that don't withstand the scrutiny of the crucible will be tossed out.
    Every dialect is a language, but not every language is a dialect. - Einar Haugen

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    Stegodon kk fusion's avatar
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    Default Re: Voting thread for new Great Debates name

    Ah ok. Bit of a stretch but if this is the general association, let's go for it.

  5. #55
    Elephant
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    Default Re: Voting thread for new Great Debates name

    I really thought I'd locked this. Sorry, folks. Let me find my keys...

    ...there we go.

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