Olin Lathrop wrote:
> 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. =A0Surely you've had conversations where=
 you
> were trying to convince someone, where you were asking for information, a=
nd
> where you were just kicking something around.
>
> My point is that the process illustrated in that diagram may sound nice a=
t
> 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 vie=
w
> is proven to be incorrect, but the problem is of course in deciding when
> something has been proven. =A0Very rarely is there unequivocal and unrefu=
table
> evidence. =A0Usually 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? ;-)
>

I don't know, it's getting too complicated, as for me.

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