Explanation: If 20% of people believe that Abortion should be legal for 17 year olds, without parental notification, then you could  buy stock in this idea at $0.20 a share. If The percentage of people who believe this goes up, you could sell your shares for a profit. If it goes down you could either keep them, and risk that it goes down further, or you could sell them at a loss. In order for "The Idea Stock Exchange" to have money to pay people out we would have to take a small transaction fee. Also I imagine you would have to pay $10 or so to participate. You could probably take this money with you when you no longer want to participate. So on average people would loose money, but you would sign people up, like all gamblers, thinking you would be able to beat the system. If you are smarter than 55% of the population, you would gain money.  Pros:________________ _______________________ If you saw the % sign after an argument, in the future, this will take you to the percent of people who agree that the argument supports the overall point. The same thing with songs, interest, or webpages. These items are being said that they support an argument. If you click on percent, you will see the percent of people who agree that that item supports the overall argument. In the future, every reason will have the percentage of people who agree or disagree with an idea. However, we are going to do more to promote the practices that lead to successful dispute resolution. For instance, as a way to consider the arguments of those with whom they disagree, you will receive more points as you evaluate the reasons to agree with beliefs that you disagree with. Or if you disagree with a belief, you will obtain points for evaluating (on a scale from 1 to 10) how much you agree with the reasons to agree with that belief. So basically we will keep track of the percentage of those who agree or disagree that every link supports or detracts from the strength of the arguments that people try to use them in. However, outside of the raw percentage of how many people agree or disagree, we will also give each item on the site, a score according to our algorithm. The Idea Stock Exchange score for this idea is: +3-1=2 Join the debate! Just leave a comment, and I’ll add it to the correct location. Once I get some programmers to help me, this will be automatic. |
