> compromises, which are often necessary On the other hand, if the only tool you have is compromises, then every problem might seem like it is caused by lack o

> compromises, which are often necessary On the other hand, if the only tool you have is compromises, then every problem might seem like it is caused by lack of compromise, when at least sometimes it's rather a lack of honesty, and a want of adults putting their foot down and enforcing honesty. http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/deceive.pdf http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/deceive.pdf > We review literatures on agreeing to disagree and on the rationality of differing priors, in order to evaluate the honesty of typical disagreements. A robust result is that honest truth-seeking agents with common priors should not knowingly disagree. Typical disagreement seems explainable by a combination of random belief influences and by priors that tell each person that he reasons better than others. When criticizing others, however, people seem to uphold rationality standards that disapprove of such self-favoring priors. This suggests that typical disagreements are dishonest. We conclude by briefly considering how one might try to become more honest when disagreeing.