I think this wording does need to be changed/updated, since it’s not clear. I’m trying to post-hoc introspect on why “convergence” felt good (i.e. these were not my explicit thoughts at the time) and what’s coming up is:
A different set of actions will come out of me if I’m trying to get both of us to successfully move toward truth, from each of our respective current positions, than if I am solely trying to move toward truth myself, or solely trying to force you to update.
So “aim for convergence on truth”carries with it a connotation of “taking a little bit of responsibility for the pairwise dynamic, rather than treating the conversation as a purely egocentric procedure motivated by my own personal desire to be personally less wrong.”
I think this wording does need to be changed/updated, since it’s not clear. I’m trying to post-hoc introspect on why “convergence” felt good (i.e. these were not my explicit thoughts at the time) and what’s coming up is:
A different set of actions will come out of me if I’m trying to get both of us to successfully move toward truth, from each of our respective current positions, than if I am solely trying to move toward truth myself, or solely trying to force you to update.
So “aim for convergence on truth” carries with it a connotation of “taking a little bit of responsibility for the pairwise dynamic, rather than treating the conversation as a purely egocentric procedure motivated by my own personal desire to be personally less wrong.”