What is this site?
What is this site?: This site is still under majority rule in the sense that the site owner must appease the members to the site to survive. The significants of this site is to go a step further then conventional voting systems to allow the rational representation of it's members through the clashing of ideas governed by consistent rules decided on by the majority of the site's members. There is no rational representation of voters until now and the creation of this site, thanks to the Internet. Not only is this the first rational representation of voters or pollers, it is also the first attempt to use an algorithm to force users to have rational, relevant, recorded discussions towards a final decision. This is not a forum.. Forums can contain posts that are bloated, flaming, nonsensical, off the topic, with no necessary means to and end. Yvibe.com is a system based on the fundamental rules of problem solving or debating where an issue is presented and a current decision is reached based on the current evidence. My hopes for this site, is that members will enjoy
debating with each other over Lastly, there's only 492 characters per each post in a debate. The ability to summarize and avoid over lengthy explanations is a must at Yvibe.com. How
does this site work?: There's only 492 characters per each post in a debate. The ability to summarize and avoid over lengthy explanations is a must at Yvibe.com. Rules
of Debate: 1. Opponents who provide evidence on any points within the debate while the other opponent does not counter with evidence is a loss of the debate for the opponent that failed to counter with evidence. Debaters can link to outside sources as evidence in their debates. 2. New theories and solutions are valid once there's seemingly no more palpable evidence to reference. The person who judges your debate will have to decide which theory is more evident. 3. Forfeit Debate - You can just end the debate if they realize your opponent has a more considerate argument then you. click the Forfeit Debate option during the debate. 4. Equivocation - If you catch your opponent making an equivocation, you can win the debate instantly by clicking the Equivocation option during the debate. Making a false accusation of an Equivocation is a loss of debate. 5. Circular Reasoning - If you catch your opponent making circular reasoning, you can win the debate instantly by clicking the Circular Reasoning option during the debate. Making a false accusation of a Circular Reasoning is a loss of debate. 6. Contradiction - If you catch your opponent making contradiction, you can win the debate instantly by clicking the Contradiction option during the debate. Making a false accusation of a Contradiction is a loss of debate. 7. Insult - If you catch your opponent trying to insult you, i.e. they're showing intent to offend you, you can win the debate instantly by clicking the Insult option during the debate. Making a false accusation of an Insult is a loss of debate. 8. Weasel Words - If you catch your opponent using Weasel Words, you can win the debate instantly by clicking the Weasel Words option during the debate. Making a false accusation of a Weasel Words is a loss of debate. Equivocations, circular reasoning, contradictions, insults, and weasel words are common irrational thought processes caused by the human Ego-Defense mechenism. If your opponent lets his Ego-Defense mechenism get the better of him then his intent for finding a solution for the issue is already gone and he has lost the debate at Yvibe.com. There's only 492 characters per each post in a debate. The ability to summarize and avoid over lengthy explanations is a must at Yvibe.com. As the owner of the site it is my job to enforce the 'Rules of Debate' by intermingling fake debates along with the real debates users will have to judge. Because members will not know which debates are real and which are fake, they will be forced to judge all debates according to the ''Rules of Debate'' to avoid penalties. As a member of Yvibe.com it is your job to debate and also review the site owners 'fake debates', that will be exposed at the end of each debate, to make sure the site owner follows the ''Rules of Debate''. For a site owner, the fake debates must have a right answer that follow the ''Rules of Debate''. If the site owner is faulty, all points will be reassigned to make up for the users who actually judged the 'fake debate' correctly. When creating a real debate, the site own must use only real choices for the debate. This will prevents confusion and sly dogma tactics. Here's an example of a faulty debate by the site owner you should look for: Debate: Whether the American economy should switch
over from fossil fuels to a cleaner form of energy. Two things will happen from your complaints. 1. You will cause people to leave the site by exposing dogma. 2. The site owner will reward you and everyone else's points back for his selfish mistake in hope to maintain the site.
Equivocation: A form of FALLACY where an ambiguity arises because a term or phrase has been used in two different senses within the one argument. The fallacy of equivocation is committed when someone uses the same word in different meanings in an argument, implying that the word means the same each time round. Examples: The problem here is that the key term average is used in more than one sense. With the premise, the term is used in the sense of statistical averages. But the second premise switches to another sense of average, this time meaning not unusual. By equating the two, the absurd conclusion of a family having fractional children is reached. We can also find an example of equivocation in a common argument against abortion: 2. It is wrong to kill innocent human beings. (premise #1) Fetuses are innocent human beings. (premise #2) Therefore, it is wrong to kill fetuses. (conclusion) It isn't hard to show that the term innocent human being is being used in more than one sense here. Normally, when the first premise is used, what is meant is a human being who is capable of moral choices, but who has not in fact chosen any immoral acts. But in the second premise, what is meant has to be more along the lines of a human being who is not capable of any moral choices in the first place. 3. I believe the evidence proves him guilty (premise #1). Now I believe he's guilty despite evidence (premise #2). Here the same term 'believe or beliefs' is use in two different meanings. In the first premise the term believe is used to mean 'to understand' and to understand is a rational act supported by evidence. In premise two the term believe is used to mean 'I chose to accept' in the sense that this person has chosen to accept what he wants to see as the truth and he is not necessarily effected by fact or evidence.
Contradiction: A contradiction occurs when some idea is both asserted and denied at the exact same time. For a logical argument to be valid and consistent, it cannot contain a contradiction. This principle has been used to establish the principle of contradiction, generally regarded as one of the basic laws of logic. The principle of contradiction was first formulated by Aristotle in his work Metaphysics as "The same attribute cannot at the same time belong and not belong to the same subject and in the same respect." It has later been expanded beyond simply attributes and can expressed as: a proposition cannot be both true and false. Example: 1. I am wet and I am not wet.
Weasel Word: A weasel word is a word intended to distort the emotional reaction of a statement. Examples: "A monster like that who steals from
innocent people should go to jail." "That pervert asked for my number." "That beast scored 5 goals in one soccer game."
Circular Reasoning: This fallacy occurs when you state your claim and then, usually after rewording it, you state it again as your reason. supporting a premise with the premise rather than a conclusion. Examples: "I'm the smartest because I just am." "Jake will win the fight because he always wins." "I like vanilla ice cream because it's my favorite kind." "The charges of physical abuse are absolutely untrue, because the police would never do something like that."
Insult: A rude expression in the form of a statement intended to offend. You can tell if the statement is an insult based on the intent of the statement. Being offended by a statement without the intent to offend by the statement is not an insult. Example: "You are slow." "You ran slower then me in the race today." "You are weird." "Bitch!" "You can't understand so don't try." "You never win"
Loss
Types: Give Up - When you forfeit a debate. If you don't respond to your turn of the debate within 24 hours you automatically forfeit. Equivocation - If a judge agrees with your opponent that you're used an equivocation during the debate. Contradiction - If a judge agrees with your opponent that you're used an contradiction during the debate. Circular Reasoning - If a judge agrees with your opponent that you're used an circular reasoning during the debate. Weasel Word - If a judge agrees with your opponent that you're used an weasel word during the debate. Insult - If a judge agrees with your opponent that you're used an insult or 'intent to offend' during the debate.
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