In England, for example, Locke, Bishop Butler, Berkeley, Hume and Reid all debated the issue". And this debate, the precursor of our own contemporary consciousness debate, fed into fiction both indirectly, through the process of meme transmission described by Dawkins, and in some cases, like that of Laurence Sterne, directly.
German competitiveness, for example, and the success of the "made in Germany" brand that has made the country a global exports champion, is frequently criticised by those on the other side of the euro debate, feeding German defensiveness and a sense of grievance.
These debates, fed by campaigns like the libertarian Heartland Institute's recent mailing of lesson plans dismissing the scientific consensus that global warming is happening to teachers across the nation, indicate that classrooms are the latest battleground over climate change science.
If so, let's hope upcoming debates feed America's desperate hunger for grown-up thinking and problem-solving by its would-be leaders.
The Washington Post deploys a real-time sentiment graph next to its debate feed and you click "Agree" or "Disagree" as you watch the debate.
Fahrenkopf said the networks carrying the debate feed are permitted to use graphics on screen as they wish.
The live broadcast from the BBC website provided one input to the mixer, while the desktop PC (which output the worm graphic) provided a separate input; the two inputs were combined using a luminance key-in technique that overlaid the worm on the live debate feed.
The scriptural framework of the debate only feeds those divisions, Ms. Mathis said.
More importantly, it proposes systems of positive incentives for committing to multi-actor convergence, and the engagement of consumers--civil society, governments and final beneficiaries--in open public debate that feeds back into the iterative loops of development action.
