One related use case is when everyone in a meeting prefers policy X to policy Y, although each are a little concerned about one possible problem. Going around the room and asking everyone how likely they think X is to succeed produces estimates of 80%, so, having achieved consensus, they adopt X.
But, if people had mentioned their particular reservations, they would have noticed they were all different, and that, once they’d been acknowledged, Y was preferred.
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One related use case is when everyone in a meeting prefers policy X to policy Y, although each are a little concerned about one possible problem. Going around the room and asking everyone how likely they think X is to succeed produces estimates of 80%, so, having achieved consensus, they adopt X.
But, if people had mentioned their particular reservations, they would have noticed they were all different, and that, once they’d been acknowledged, Y was preferred.