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Re: New Forum Layout in Progress - 01-12-2008, 07:41 PM

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Sorry Neutralino, i have cheated and edited my post cos i thought you may ask that.
Ok, I'll try and answer your questions.
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However would it not be a good idea that some basic questions were asked initially by one of these oracles.
  • The oracle would need to be fomally qualified in the field and context of the question.
  • This question thread would be highly edited by the oracle to only allow answers which were relevant in the field.
This, I beleive, would increase accessabilty to the TOE as forums wouldn't wander or be populated by questions involving seperate fields.

I accept that the from metaphysical point of view that the TOE may not exist, from physical point of view though I think a number of questions should be asked.
I'll try and answer this as much as I can, but I'll also ask Robert to take a look at this thread, as he will be able to provide much more comprehensive answers than I can!

Firstly, I think the point of the oracles is that members ask questions in the appropriate forum and then receive an answer. So, say someone has a physics question, they would post in the physics questions forum and then receive an answer. However, you state that the oracles should ask a question. I'm not sure that this is the main function of them.

To your second point, I would agree. Threads in the physics questions (and the other three) forum will be edited such that the answers are relevant to the specific field. As of now, I cannot say who the oracles will be, but I presume that the threads will be edited by the moderators of the appropriate forum.

I hope this helps but, as I said, I'll ask Robert to take a look at your questions.


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