I didn't know about this Malaria history and ivory tower.
I know ivory tower was originally created to host philosophical discussions and religious discussions long ago.
Nowadays this term used for (useless) academic discussions.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_towerI believe this board isn't fulfilling its original proposal: more serious discussions.
It is now used for off topic discussions, mostly related to political or some other random discussion. It is interesting and I like this board, but I feel it lacks more discussions and more orientation.
There are more serious discussions boards here in this forum. Imo, technical discussion boards and even beginners and help have higher quality discussions.
I see some interesting discussions in offtopic and political boards as well that could fit here.