In thoughtful disagreement, your goal is not to convince the other party that you are right—it is to find out which view is true and decide what to do about it. In thoughtful disagreement, both parties are motivated by the genuine fear of missing important perspectives. Exchanges in which you really see what the other person is seeing and they... See more

The path on which a theory is set eventually becomes obvious to everyone—except perhaps the theorist. And this is how adversarial collaborations can advance science without adversaries changing their mind.

They have to preregister their plans on a public site, and, in articles they publish later, they are obligated to focus on the results that they... See more