Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There's always this joke that I say in Israel: people don't really have discussions; they just try to convince the other people that they are wrong or they are right - they just try to impose their opinion on the others. Sometimes I think it's easier to avoid talking about things and just make music.
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.
A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.
Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.
Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.
I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
Discussion in America means dissent.