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Enigmatic Numbness To study a simple condition The state of your being doomed to painless perdition observing, but not seeingEnigmatic Numbness
Taking, going, gone, replacing Deleting, undoing, backspacing scratching at the orihalcum casing at the thought of lack of thoughts
paradoxical, haunting, painted in red An equation, one variable too many
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The Letter, RevisedOnce, a solitary man, who lived in a secluded house far away from any other soul, received a letter.The Letter, Revised
This was a puzzling occurrence, as he had no relatives, no friends, and no acquaintances. And yet, there was a letter sitting on his doorstep. On the back, it plainly read: "from someone who cares."
He was an exile. A hermit. There was not a single person who he thought knew him him . . . that is, until he opened the envelope.
Inside was a piece of stationery. It had a beautiful border, with a serene, floral print encircling meticulous text. The writing possessed an elegant cursive font, handwritten with
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I propose, to teach people the fundamentals of good debating, that we start a Socratic Club on AG, where we can educate people on the various forms of argument, the components of a good one, and logical fallacies. If all goes well, then we can even have contests where the two of us (since our viewpoints are basically on opposite ends of the spectrum) can judge winners for merit prizes. Not only can it be a good way to centralize debate, but it can also be a way to build a more conducive atmosphere for civil argument and debate beyond the usual one-liners and fallacies.
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Anything is possible with determination, vision, and an endless supply of cheap expendable labor.
Save a cow. Eat a vegetarian.
I'd love to, and if it catches on it could have at least somewhat of an influence on the intelligence level of the world events forum.
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Draw deep from the well of thought. You might think something.
I'm thinking of using a format like they use for more collegiate debate settings. How it works:
1. Both sides give a summary of their viewpoint, provide appropriate definitions, etc.
2. The first person starts off with their evidence and main points.
3. The second person gives a rebuttal.
4. Then the second person gives their evidence and main points.
5. The first person gives their rebuttal.
The process is repeated once more, and then both give a conclusion. The judges then judge based on cogency of thought, number of fallacies, skill with rhetoric, skill with rebuttal, and overall effectiveness of argument, and declare a winner.
The main problems I see is that it may feel a bit restrictive at first and that the topics will be too serious. I have a few ideas to combat this though.
1. Competitions may be started on a separate thread. After the winner is declared, additional discussion may be done on that separate thread.
2. We may choose some less serious topics for competitions, for example, the merits of cannibalism or the virtues of bacon.
I'm planning to at least give an overview of the rhetorical triangle (speaker, audience, and subject), the three modes of persuasion (pathos, logos, and ethos), and the different types of argument (classical, Rogerian, and Toulmin), before kickstarting the debate contests.
Do you have any suggestions to make?
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Anything is possible with determination, vision, and an endless supply of cheap expendable labor.
Save a cow. Eat a vegetarian.
also, I think there should be stricter rules than there are in the forums - you should actually tell the other person you're conceding if you quit, you should always use proper grammar and spelling, etc.
And I think that teaching the different types of persuasion, arguing, etc. would be great.
I'd say that me, Zoot, you, and Snakebite would be a great leadership team for this. Have you asked them yet?
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Draw deep from the well of thought. You might think something.
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Anything is possible with determination, vision, and an endless supply of cheap expendable labor.
Save a cow. Eat a vegetarian.
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Anything is possible with determination, vision, and an endless supply of cheap expendable labor.
Save a cow. Eat a vegetarian.
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Come look at my writings.
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Draw deep from the well of thought. You might think something.
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Come look at my writings.
PPPLLLLLZZZZ!!!!!!
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