That’s fair. Though I’m also worried that when Alice and Bob exchange beliefs (“I believe in global warming” “I don’t”), they might not go on to exchange evidence, because one or both of them just get frustrated and leave. When someone states their belief first, it’s hard to know where to even start arguing. This effect is kind of unseen, but I think it stops a lot of good conversations from happening.
While if you start with evidence, there’s at least some chance of conversation about the actual thing. And it’s not that time-consuming, if everyone shares their strongest evidence first and gets a chance to respond to the other person’s strongest evidence. I wish more conversations went like that.
That’s fair. Though I’m also worried that when Alice and Bob exchange beliefs (“I believe in global warming” “I don’t”), they might not go on to exchange evidence, because one or both of them just get frustrated and leave. When someone states their belief first, it’s hard to know where to even start arguing. This effect is kind of unseen, but I think it stops a lot of good conversations from happening.
While if you start with evidence, there’s at least some chance of conversation about the actual thing. And it’s not that time-consuming, if everyone shares their strongest evidence first and gets a chance to respond to the other person’s strongest evidence. I wish more conversations went like that.