I’m not looking to you for accurate answers, I’m trying to understand the model you’re operating on. If you tell me you think there have been a few controversial (in the sense you describe above) discussions and you think they’ve contributed to identifying errors, then it makes sense to me that you think having more such discussions is valuable. I may disagree, but it’s clear to me what we’re disagreeing about. If you tell me you don’t think we’ve had any such discussions, I can sort of understanding you believing that they would be valuable if we had them, but I would also conclude I don’t quite know what sorts of discussions you’re talking about. If you tell me you think we’ve had a few such discussions but they haven’t contributed anything, then I would be very confused and want to revisit my understanding of why you believe what you believe. Etc.
I’m not looking to you for accurate answers, I’m trying to understand the model you’re operating on.
If you tell me you think there have been a few controversial (in the sense you describe above) discussions and you think they’ve contributed to identifying errors, then it makes sense to me that you think having more such discussions is valuable. I may disagree, but it’s clear to me what we’re disagreeing about.
If you tell me you don’t think we’ve had any such discussions, I can sort of understanding you believing that they would be valuable if we had them, but I would also conclude I don’t quite know what sorts of discussions you’re talking about.
If you tell me you think we’ve had a few such discussions but they haven’t contributed anything, then I would be very confused and want to revisit my understanding of why you believe what you believe.
Etc.