Campus Conversations
Pat here.
I came across an advertisement for this on the way back from lunch today — it’s a group that aims to compare the results of people learning about and having a structured conversation on a topic, followed by a poll, against simply having the poll from the start. The topics are those of interest to the Carnegie Mellon community. In some ways, this reminds me of aspects of Wikipedia society, although this is closer to an ideal. Understanding the hows and whys of Wikipedia is not a simple task.
