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But members of the Collaboratorium Community can also able consider also consider other issues related to climate change within the system. Specifically, they can use the systems system's “Debate” functionality to discuss issues where:
- No models of the relevant type currently exist in the system,
- The topic does not lend itself to modeling (for example, issues that primarily involve ethical judgments, as opposed to the workings of physical or social systems, are inherently not model-able).
Debate process
In such cases, a topic can be raised and considered through a three a four step process:
Raising an issue
A new issue can be raised by a community member within the debate. Issues take the form of important questions for which several possible positions can be proposed.
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