Comment by 24joy on Karate Kid and Realistic Expectations for Disagreement Resolution · 2019-12-05T08:55:32.508Z · LW · GW

Something about this comment feels slightly off.

You say

It's true that 99% of people cannot resolve disagreements in any real sense

But then go on to discuss specific cases in a way that gives me the impression a) that you don't think disagreements take a long time for the reasons discussed in the post b) that rationalists should easily be able to avoid the traps of disagreements being lengthy and difficult if only they "did it right".

If the impression I get from the comment represents your view, I'm concerned you'll be missing ways to actually solve disagreements in more cases by dismissing the problem as other people's fault.