Like most conversations and most chess games, we all start off the same and we all end the same, with a brief moment of difference in between. Fertilization to fertilizer. Ashes to ashes. And we spark across the gap.

Brian Christian
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It is said that if you’ve never had an argument with someone about something, then you’ve never really argued. This quote captures the essence of the disagreement. If you’ve never had a conversation with someone about something, then you’ve never really argued. It may be that you have different opinions of the same thing, but to have had a conversation makes the difference.

Discussions are all about opposing viewpoints and swaying each other into agreement. Arguments are just that – arguments – and disagreements are just that – disagreements. There is usually at least one moment after which both parties realize they still think things are more or less the same way as before the discussion began.

But for those moments in between, where time stands still and two minds collide, there is space for disagreement to fertilize us with new ideas.

Source: The Most Human Human: What Talking With Computers Teaches Us About What It Means To Be Alive

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