I really wish that someone would develop an algorithm that stitched together news, discussion and academic papers so that a debate could be tracked. I'd especially like it if, at the end, the system would spit out "RESOLVED: XYZ is true/sorta true/a total load. [Here's why.]"

I figure that you could currently train a machine to recognize a spin down in academic debates and hire someone who could then review the literature to write about the resolution.

I just feel the need to say this. I'm so tired of losing track of things and then never knowing whether I was right or wrong about some issue as a result.