Rules

Any topic is open, including the questions nobody else dares to ask (see Courage). What is not open is how we argue it: with evidence, against the argument and not the person, and without harming real people.

Claims

1. A claim is a yes-or-no question about the future with a date and criteria that leave no room for argument once the date comes.
2. Name the source that will settle it. Editors may rewrite a claim to make it resolvable without changing what it predicts.
3. No claims about the death, illness or harm of a specific real person.

Answers

1. Every answer takes a side on the main claim, even when it answers a narrower question.
2. Start with a thesis of one or two sentences, then the argument (at least 400 characters).
3. Back facts with numbered sources. Each source needs a link and the exact excerpt you rely on; every [n] in the text must match a source and every source must be cited.
4. Optionally, write the strongest case for the other side. Good faith earns trust.
5. One answer per person per question. Revise it instead of posting again; every revision stays public.

Rebuttals

1. Quote the exact passage you challenge.
2. Say what you challenge: the evidence, the reasoning, or what the answer leaves out. Challenges to evidence and new evidence need a source.

Review

Trusted members can flag an answer for problems such as a source that does not say what is claimed, cherry-picking, or an outdated source. When three independent reviewers flag the same answer, it is marked "Under review" until an editor decides. Faz checks sources too and counts as one reviewer. New accounts are reviewed for their first week.

Accounts and conduct

1. One person, one account. No sock puppets, and no coordinating accounts to push a claim, a score or a person.
2. No impersonation of another person, brand or organisation, and no nickname designed to mislead.
3. No spam: no repeated posts, no promotion disguised as an argument, no links posted only for traffic.
4. If you use AI tools to help you write, you are still the author. Check every fact and every source; invented sources are treated as misleading content.

Not allowed

1. Predictions about the death, illness or harm of specific real people.
2. Calls for violence and praise of terrorism.
3. Hate based on race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
4. Harassment and sharing personal information about anyone (doxxing).
5. False information about how, when or where to vote.
6. Any sexual content involving minors.
7. Material that infringes copyright. Quote what you need and link the source.

How decisions are made

Anyone can report content. AI review can flag, but never removes anything on its own; editors decide and every decision is logged with a reason. Content that breaks these rules is unpublished, not erased, so the record stays honest. If you think a decision was wrong, appeal it and a different editor will look at it.