Bigthink.com - Great Minds Come Together

If Plato, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and Voltaire were alive, where would they congregate in the blogosphere? Big Think is definitely a viable option. The site allows users to debate stories of the day and questions put forward by experts in a given subject. Members can also submit “ideas” to the site to be critiqued and rated- basically, any thought that falls under a variety of categorized fields ranging from science and technology to media and the press to faith and beliefs. Big Think has a variety of notable contributors, including Ted Kennedy, Paul Krugman, and Dan Quail. Big Think aims to be a central location for all thinking minds- a resource for experts and to write and readers to meaningfully respond.

“Our task is to move the discussion away from talking heads and talking points, and give it back to you. That is Big Think's mission. In practice, this means that our information is truly interactive. When you log onto our site, you can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with todays leading thinkers, movers and shakers.”

With such an impressive list of contributors, Big Think is already setting itself up as the go-to website to discuss and debate the topics of the day in any given field. It is a thinking man’s website, and is taking all the necessary steps to fulfill that mission.

Is the site too broad? It covers dozens of topics, but beyond that it strives to be a forum for debate, an interview site, as well as a location to voice ideas.