With my comments, I was hoping to spark more of a back-and-forth. Having failed at that, I’m guessing part of the problem is that I didn’t phrase my disagreements bluntly or strongly enough, while also noting various points of agreement, which might have overall made it sound like I had only minor disagreements.
Did you ask for more back-and-forth, or were you hoping Sam would engage in more back-and-forth without being explicitly prompted?
If it’s the latter, I think the “maybe I made it seem like I only had minor disagreements” hypothesis is less likely than the “maybe Sam didn’t even realize that I wanted to have more of a back-and-forth” hypothesis.
I also suggest asking more questions when you’re looking for back-and-forth. To me, a lot of your comments didn’t seem to be inviting much back-and-forth, but adding questions would’ve changed this (even simple things like “what do you think?” or “Can you tell me more about why you believe X?”)
Did you ask for more back-and-forth, or were you hoping Sam would engage in more back-and-forth without being explicitly prompted?
If it’s the latter, I think the “maybe I made it seem like I only had minor disagreements” hypothesis is less likely than the “maybe Sam didn’t even realize that I wanted to have more of a back-and-forth” hypothesis.
I also suggest asking more questions when you’re looking for back-and-forth. To me, a lot of your comments didn’t seem to be inviting much back-and-forth, but adding questions would’ve changed this (even simple things like “what do you think?” or “Can you tell me more about why you believe X?”)