N. T. wrote:
> Depends on the person - "to convince someone or to fetch information"
> or "to cooperatively seek out and further knowledge and
> understanding".

No, it depends on the situation.  Surely you've had conversations where you
were trying to convince someone, where you were asking for information, and
where you were just kicking something around.

My point is that the process illustrated in that diagram may sound nice at
first glance, but it is pointless and essentially meant as a insult.
Everybody is going to say they'll change their mind if their point of view
is proven to be incorrect, but the problem is of course in deciding when
something has been proven.  Very rarely is there unequivocal and unrefutabl=
e
evidence.  Usually it's all about how much weight you assign to various
pieces of partial evidence, and different people will assign different
weights.

Or put another way, do you understand now or do you still disagree? ;-)


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