I am only interested in the merit of the ideas and because ideas do matter, this is an opportunity to consider if they conform to scientific fact and how they fare in human terms.
We'll each put forward our best ideas, without malignant agenda, we'll debate, and whoever convinces the majority of folks on the merit of their ideas, wins.
"The important thing, though, is to find a good player-coach relationship and to carry forward your beliefs, managing to convince the players of the merit of your ideas.
Each will be graded by a panel of external reviewers scientists who volunteer to rate the merit of the ideas presented by their peers.
The suggestion was included in the updated bill before Congress, representing perhaps the first time that the public, en masse, could have a realistic shot at contributing to federal law purely based on the merit of their ideas.
The point, though, is that Meghan McCain, regardless of the merit of her ideas, isn't in a position to change GOP leaders' minds on contentious social issues.
Inside an organization, managers might settle differences by pulling rank on their direct reports, relying on status rather than on the merit of their ideas.
However, if the author is presenting original work, evaluate the merit of the ideas, not the credentials.
We probably all have our opinions about the merit of the idea, but let's first think about what it represents.
They bristle at the intrusion of judges and politicians into decisions usually addressed by the peer review process, in which experts in a field comment on the merit of an idea and the best get financed.
