Getting The Facts

Niteowl

<div class="IPBDescription">pros and cons, discussions</div> <a href='http://cgi.kqed.org/topics/news/perspectives/youdecide/' target='_blank'>http://cgi.kqed.org/topics/news/perspectives/youdecide/</a>

CMEast

Thats a really good site and an interesting way for someone to get background information on an issue you probably should have an opinion on.

Not for the indecisive though <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Niteowl

for those of you who are too lazy to click.

when you go to the site, they have these issues, lets say, Universal Health Care for the U.S., you click on the picture. Then you vote, yes, or no. Whatever you vote, they give you the against argument. Then you vote again, etc, etc, for 4 times. very interesting.

Nemesis_Zero

Very interesting. Thanks for the link <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

That_Annoying_Kid

^^


That is a cool activity

Sirus

I like these types of websites. I linked one in a post long ago about GM crops. Somebody came in and kept ranting that they were biased and misleading people. :X

I hope no one feels the same about this one, both are just experiments to think critically. Good find Niteowl.

Aegeri

<!--QuoteBegin-Sirus+May 8 2004, 01:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sirus @ May 8 2004, 01:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I like these types of websites.  I linked one in a post long ago about GM crops.  Somebody came in and kept ranting that they were biased and misleading people.  :X <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<span style='color:white'>I swear, the next time I read something like this from you, you'll never make a post in here again.</span>

As for this site (which is different), it seems a lot better balanced in terms of its logic. The one saying "Should we all be vegetarians" has a hillarious 4th 'no' argument though.

For example

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Human beings have small mouths in relation to head size, as opposed to carnivores whose large mouths are ideal for "seizing, killing, and dismembering prey." <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I guess they haven't figured out that chimps eat meat yet. Though they do a better job of addressing points in a more logical manner than the previous effort (Their yes point 4 points out aspects of human physiology that directly contradicts the other point 4, so it is much more well balanced). Their 5th yes argument is fairly silly however.

taboofires

<!--QuoteBegin-Niteowl+Apr 30 2004, 03:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Niteowl @ Apr 30 2004, 03:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> for those of you who are too lazy to click.

when you go to the site, they have these issues, lets say, Universal Health Care for the U.S., you click on the picture. Then you vote, yes, or no. Whatever you vote, they give you the against argument. Then you vote again, etc, etc, for 4 times. very interesting. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
From what I looked at, they give you the same info regardless of what you click on.