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6 Post author: Vaniver 10 December 2012 07:46AM

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Comment author: bogus 10 December 2012 02:30:48PM 7 points [-]

Yes, this is usually called deliberation, e.g. as in "deliberative democracy". But adversarial-style debate can be expected to persist for the foreseeable future, so it is important to be aware of its properties.