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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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That is the number to be.

The context is that at the end of an intelligence squared debate, the moderator would compare the voting rates before and after the debate to decide the winner of the debate. So there came one debate after which one of the teams had a 20 percentage points' increase, which impressed the audience when this number was announced by the moderator. Then the moderator said "That is the number to be." What does it mean? That is the number to look up to?
  

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What is an intelligence squared debate? That is the number to be. This makes no sense.

— Clive

  • What is an intelligence squared debate?
  • That is the number to be.
  • This makes no sense.
  • He probably said That is the number to beat .
  • ie The next teams have to beat that number.
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What is an intelligence squared debate?

That is the number to be. This makes no sense.
He probably said That is the number to beat.
ie The next teams have to beat that number.
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