That feels less like a techie discourse thing and more of an enthusiast/expert discourse one. Put a bunch of experts together and ask them to discuss their fiel

That feels less like a techie discourse thing and more of an enthusiast/expert discourse one. Put a bunch of experts together and ask them to discuss their field, and you'll get some great discussions. Put the same people together and have them discuss something they're not that knowledgeable about, and well, the results won't differ much from the general population's attempts, except maybe with slightly more sophisticated language. I suspect if you got a bunch of doctors, lawyers, architects, etc to discuss economics you'd get the same results as here for the most part.