[FRIAM] "rational" discussion

[Nick Thompson]

Hi, David, 

Thanks for this.  I spent some time with kialo today (with the Bush funeral
playing in the background.)   You are right, it is the kind of thing I had
in mind.  I found it oddly disappointing.  The comments seemed to lack
conviction.  I am not sure what I mean by that except to say that I got no
sense that anybody was trying to convince anybody of anything.  I have begun
to conceive of a reality show in which teams of people, each team composed
of a great variety of political persuasions compete to discover an agreement
on  a political problem, the team coming up with the best solution winning
big bucks.   Of course there would have to be some sort of judging to keep
groups from arriving at cynical agreements.  I think a discussion is most
useful when people disagree but have, for some reason, to come up with a
solution.  

Anyway, I will continue to study on  https://www.kialo.com/

Nick 

Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/


-----Original Message-----
From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Prof David West
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:35 AM
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Subject: [FRIAM] "rational" discussion

for Nick, who is constantly interested in the feasibility of such things:
https://www.kialo.com/

dave west

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