Results: Cluelessness Critiques Competition by Will Aldred

·Nuno Sempere··

Last week, the Fo­rum grap­pled with clue­less­ness. The vol­ume of en­tries (76 es­says!)[1]—from new­com­ers[2] and Fo­rum power users al­ike—was a happy sur­prise, and there were many thought­ful con­tri­bu­tions be­yond those men­tioned be­low.Es­say winnersFirst place ($2,500):Elliott Thorn­ley, for Challeng­ing the un­aware­ness ar­gu­ment with third ac­tions and mixed actionsJoint sec­ond place ($1,500 each):Mag­nus Vind­ing (aka ‘un­sharp’),[3] for De­fus­ing clue­less­ness with de­grees...

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