530 people submitted essays and four received $500 and an all-expenses paid trip to New York Mills, a small farming town of 1,200 people about 170 miles from Minneapolis to debate the question: "Which should you trust more -- your head or your heart?"
In the end, a musician and arts administrator from Minneapolis beat out an Episcopal priest by arguing for the heart. The priest interestingly went for the head.
The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center has been hosting the Great American Think Off for 15 years, offering up different topics each year. 
Last year - cpntestants debated "Which is more valuable to society: safety or freedom?"
A famous philosopher? An award winning mathematician? An astrophysicist? A monk?
None of these are a America's greatest thinker this year. It's the guy with the music score.
Which do you think is more trustworthy - the head or the heart?
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