A database that counts the number of reasons to agree and disagree with each belief in a database.

Moto: "Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true. Facts schmacts" ~ Homer Simipson

We should build software that facilitates online forums with the following features and format (click on a link to see further explanation).

1. One thesis per page
2. Reasons to agree and disagree on the same page
3. The ability to evaluate reasons to agree and disagree
4. The ability to submit new content, such as reasons to agree or disagree
5. Tracking interest of those who agree and disagree
6. Algorithms that promote "better" conclusions according to the above list, as well as the going price people are willing to invest in the belief that a conclusions score will improve (hence the Idea Stock Exchange). We will also include user feedback (votes) in our algorithm giving each conclusion and reason to agree or disagree its score (click on items from the list to see how I anticipate the algorithm could use that item to promote better conclusions). Items on the list with higher scores will be promoted to the top of each list. The top 10 ranked items will appear on the first page, so in the end you will have a page for each conclusion (or Thesis), organized by category, with the top 10 reasons to agree and disagree, interest of those who agree or disagree, including a separate spot for common and opposing interest, the top 10 books, webpages, videos, and people that agree and disagree.
7. For each thesis their will be an ability to submit references to other places that say the same thing better, to eliminate duplication. As with everything when I say "better" there will be a percentage of people who agree that it says the same thing better, as well as a list of reasons to agree and disagree that it says the same thing better, etc.

This site should be able to make money

Example

Thesis #1:

Above is the thesis (also know as a conclusion, or a belief). Every page on this site will be dedicated to one thesis, with content organized and tracked so as to either promote or oppose this main thesis.

Reasons

Interest

Books

Webpages

People

Videos

Images

Assumptions