Great Debates

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020 Moderation in Great Debates and Politics and Elections In general, Great Debates and Politics and Elections are the most contentious fora on the SDMB. Because of that, you’ll find that moderation is more active and pro…	2	17409	July 29, 2022
About the Great Debates category	1	4116	April 2, 2021
Thread and Topic Bans for Great Debates	1	11984	November 29, 2020
The psychology of hating a marginalized group because they're doing better than you, vs because they're doing worse than you trump	26	496	April 28, 2025
Resolved: The US will have to fire almost all Law Enforcement personnel trump	21	465	April 28, 2025
Is time asymmetric / energy not conserved?	2	65	April 28, 2025
Hypothetical. We have superintelligent, bipedal nurse robots in the 2050s. What attributes would they have	12	128	April 28, 2025
Rejection of science and/or factual information in favor of feelings	151	2126	April 27, 2025
Is AI overhyped? ai	235	3583	April 26, 2025
Giving homeless people money	122	1497	April 26, 2025
Trump/Putin trump	21	256	April 25, 2025
Why is Tesla's market cap so high?	158	1746	April 25, 2025
Is church tax status in any danger? trump	74	865	April 25, 2025
Who is papable right now?	109	1387	April 24, 2025
Judge OK's Sarah Palin's libel lawsuit against NYTimes - could this portend a wheelbarrowful of suits against Fox "News"?	11	1615	April 23, 2025
How all did the founding fathers screw up democracy, and what still needs to be done to fix it	156	2570	April 21, 2025
Back in the days of slavery and segregation, were those topics ever used in debate competitions?	13	369	April 20, 2025
At What Point Does Silicon Usurp Biology? ai	18	356	April 18, 2025
Why does Israel conduct airstrikes in the middle east rather than using rockets and missiles	11	313	April 18, 2025
Possibility of ending the need to work for a living?	118	2477	April 18, 2025
Bringing back manufacturing jobs -- why would this not work?	114	12937	April 18, 2025
Is Trump trying to return the USA to a Mercantilism economic model? trump	19	378	April 15, 2025
25th Amendment - Can never happen	53	773	April 14, 2025
Are there any industries other than the sex industry which are considered a bellwether of bad economic times coming?	32	626	April 14, 2025
Is MAGA a fifth column? trump	49	1130	April 10, 2025
New Jersey Passed A Law Against Deep Fakes	106	661	April 8, 2025
Russell Brand vs Morgan Freeman (#MeToo)	33	4259	April 6, 2025
Daniel Kahneman has died, and I remember reading him and thinking he was wrong. What do you think?	47	2214	April 2, 2025
Religion, Transphobia and Category Errors	153	2077	April 1, 2025
What are the differences between men and women?	224	1448	March 25, 2025

New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020

Moderation in Great Debates and Politics and Elections In general, Great Debates and Politics and Elections are the most contentious fora on the SDMB. Because of that, you’ll find that moderation is more active and pro…