Re: Discussion: Is it worth it?
To get diverse opinions is part of the point, especially when many people participate. Discussion shouldn't be "manageable". Even if I know I'm right, I try not to take the point to buffoonery. In one to one chatting, consensus can give you the feeling that you're not alone, but to always want consensus will leave you dissatisfied, in my opinion, because real consensus is rare. Especially in group conversation, it is very rare.
Discussion is one of my favourite hobbies, and I think it's more than worth it. I learn an immense lot of things from other people, both about life and about a lot of other things. Conversation is a truly human activity.
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While the rest of mankind seeks for the sake of finding and of knowing, the Westerner of today seeks for the sake of seeking; the Gospel saying, 'Seek and ye shall find,' is a dead letter for him, in the full force of this phrase, since he calls 'death' anything and everything that constitutes a definite finality, just as he gives the name 'life' to what is no more than fruitless agitation.
René Guénon, East and West
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