John Scott

In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive.

Jess Walter

Ultimately if you're a journalist, one day you're writing about figure skating, one day a political debate. I loved that about reporting. I like throwing my energies into various corners of the world.

American Author

Jim Lehrer

Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head.

American Journalist

Fiona Bruce

I'm all for a passionate debate, and sometimes things can be heated, which is fine, up to a point. As long as we remember that we are human beings.

British Journalist

Hans Rosling

The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.

Swedish Educator

Samuel Eto'o

I have always said that the debate about who should play in goal is part of the game, but I never play in order to silence anyone.

Cameroonian Athlete

Erik Larson

How you frame a debate is very important. When you call someone an 'illegal alien,' you've already stacked the deck against them.

Diego Maradona

There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.

Argentinian Athlete

Gail Honeyman

If I've helped fuel the debate on loneliness in some small way, that is wonderful.

Scottish Writer

Pope Shenouda III

Debating religious beliefs are a red line, a deep red line.

Egyptian Clergyman

Debates are structured, with rules about who speaks when and for how long.

Structured Events

Debates often involve two opposing sides presenting their arguments.

Opposing Views

Debates can influence public opinion and are forums for discussing popular topics.

Public Engagement

Debates are a process leading up to a decision or policy formulation.

Decision-Making

Effective debates analyze topics through different perspectives before concluding.

Analytical Approach

Debating as a verb involves dialogue aimed at reaching agreement or opinion formation.

Prepares for Consensus

When people debate an issue, they actively participate in the discussion.

Active Participation

Debating can involve personal beliefs and often requires defending one's viewpoint.

Personal Convictions

Through debate, participants and listeners can form or change their opinions on a topic.

Opinion Formation

 But while the debate between prescriptivism and descriptivism continues, the two are not mutually exclusive. At its best, prescriptivism is useful for informing people about the most common established patterns at a given point in time. This is important, not only for formal contexts, but it also makes communication easier between non-native speakers

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 people out there who are willing to lend me a helping hand so that's some where I walked into open AI with a mission let's figure out how to put the intelligence into AI well I did a lot of thinking at my desk on but the next step in AI could be I did a lot of scribbling on paper and debating over

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 about having just engaged with our character we did we did debate whether it was too much whether the audience were too far into that story to be able to take the death of the young one but in the end we decided because there were hundreds of others and because actually it's our duty to

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 the entire world scientific community considers that there's no debate about climate change or the fact that human beings how about the major role in it those who try to spread misinformation about climate change are simply wrong and are doing that for some other aim

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 Few of us think about civic life in the abstract. We think about things in relief compared to something else. Powerful citizens set the terms of that contrast. This doesn't mean being uncivil. It simply means thinking about a debate you want to have on your terms

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 They'd then convert radiation into useful energy while protecting our DNA. This sounds pretty sci-fi, but may actually be achievable with current technology. But technology isn't the only obstacle. There are ongoing debates on the consequences

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 Or perhaps more simply, trains, planes, and automobiles. Which one is most important, the best, or the greatest? Which one has had the most impact on society? Today the debate would probably be in favor of computer technology, but is it?

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 Since ancient times, mankind has hotly debated whether mathematics was discovered or invented. Did we create mathematical concepts to help us understand the universe around us, or is math the native language of the universe itself,

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 For fear of disagreement, we shrink from these questions. But once we see that markets change the character of goods, we have to debate among ourselves these bigger questions

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 has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised the same questions we debate Is it art? Is it vandalism?