> Most unresolved disagreements I know of are because the groups disagree on some unprovable underlying assumption
It's surprising how often intelligent people get into what feels like a protracted argument when the underlying disagreement is semantic.
The moment you identify the charged term, which may have gone unsaid to that point, and expand it to cover what everyone's trying to express, it tends to be that both sides--having come to the discussion informed and intelligent--were right. Just not universally.
It's surprising how often intelligent people get into what feels like a protracted argument when the underlying disagreement is semantic.
The moment you identify the charged term, which may have gone unsaid to that point, and expand it to cover what everyone's trying to express, it tends to be that both sides--having come to the discussion informed and intelligent--were right. Just not universally.