an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
Discuss is first recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, either from Anglo-French discusser or directly from Latin discussus “struck asunder, shaken, scattered,” past participle of discutere, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + -cutere (combining form of quatere “to shake, strike”).
I don't think that's unique to JP. Most people are very bad at paraphrasing without veering into misrepresentation. I'm still working on getting better.
Yes, it is. I quoted you and the source post is unmodified.
Ironically, my interpretation may not be what you meant, despite it's simplicity.
>> IMHO, you haven't understood someone if you can't repeat it back to them in your own language, and there's a good probability that this is the fault of the explainer not the explainee.
So I guess we just talk past each other. Sounds good.
This is what the OP says; while the title of the post is "I want to lose every debate" that's what he says in the end:
> I never want to debate, but if I had to, I would hope to lose.
And I get it, I think; but there is something to be said in favor of debating, not as a competition, but as a method of refining each other's ideas.
Someone exposing a theory of theirs that's apparently well polished is less interesting than people discussing, exchanging ideas and poking and exposing possible holes.
That's what debating should be: not a sport with "winners" and "losers" (what does that even mean in the realm of ideas??) but as a joint effort and journey in search of the truth.