Of course all of this depends on the definition of "thoughtful". I'm not sure what anybody can really expect from an open website accessible to nonexperts. If somebody is serious about a particular subject, be it middle eastern politics, astrophysics, art, whatever, there are numerous places they can go such as printed/online literature where the discussions will dwarf anything that you find on popular online mediums. What I suspect people are generally interested in when they come to a place like this is being able to have a civil discussion about something that they aren't an expert in and being able to read interesting opinions and such. Nothing too serious. Whether hubski is right for that, well, I only joined yesterday so I guess I'll have to find out.