Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Oli Glaser wrote:
>> The goal is not to "win" or to "teach", rather to cooperatively seek
>> out and further knowledge and understanding.
>
> But that's either a load of crap or grossly naive. =A0Usually you start a
> discussion because you want to convince someone or you want information.
> Very rarely is it ballanced where you simply want to "discuss" something =
and
> see where it leads. =A0It happens, but most conversations don't have that=
 goal
> in mind.

Depends on the person - "to convince someone or to fetch information"
or "to cooperatively seek out and further knowledge and
understanding". You said, you are the first type, but some are the
second type. The reasonable diversity is good, anyway let the
moderators decide.

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