I recently had a forum competition which was among schools at state’s level. Our main topic was Global Warming. As far as I know, forum is a discussion among people who have knowledge on the topic and to talk about it. Usually, in the TV, there are forums about global issues and the people who are there are usually professionals such as professors or scientists or any other people who have a wide understanding on the topic. So I took up the role as a professor from a university and my partner as an environmentalist to discuss about the global warming in the competition, and our topic was the causes of global warming.
Our opponents’ topic was what the public can do to tackle global warming.
My question is, can a housewife and another ordinary people be actually in a forum? I think that is more towards to TV talk and interview. And can a forum be as informal as you can actually giggle here and there throughout a forum? Isn’t forum supposed to be formal? Please enlighten me. Thanks.
2007-06-15 21:38:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
A forum is really nothing more than a meeting for the purpose of discussion. The objective of the forum and the way in which it is organised will determine what type of forum it is.
Just like a meeting it could be formal or informal, open to anyone, restricted to specialists, invitation only - basically whatever the organisers want it to be.
2007-06-15 22:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is very little difference; a house wife is no more likely to be biased then an "expert".
Many of the professionals involved in this are quite biased, some are humanitarians others are quite anti-people and pro-nature. This debate is like a war where the first casualties are truth and science.
You can no longer believe the opinion of anyone. Not even me, and I know where I'm at.
2007-06-16 01:47:44 · answer #2 · answered by cold d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the forum is meant to be informative to the public, then it should be less formal, and should reflect public values in order to connect with most people But, you should always have experts to validate, or invalidate, the connection between opinion and perception to sound scientific principle.
2007-06-16 03:58:46 · answer #3 · answered by 3DM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I hope you know, global warming is a political issue. There is absolutely no evidence linking human activity to weather patterns. Most people that attend "Global Warming" forums come with preconceived notions. In other words they all get together to try to prove that their hypothesis (which they want to push anyway) is correct. It really doesn't matter who you include in this forum. I really see no value in having one unless people want to open their minds to the fact that perhaps they've been brainwashed by politicians and the media.
2007-06-15 22:25:08 · answer #4 · answered by DRA 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Real climatologists, so they can straighten out this whole "anthropogenic climate change" swindle with the sheeple.
2007-06-15 22:58:00 · answer #5 · answered by oracle128au 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋