UAMI: Unilaterally Assured Mutual Incomprehension. The equilibrium that results from one person both refusing to explain themselves or make the effort to understand the other.
Daddy of agree-to-disagree and granddaddy of disagree-and-commit
It’s a good thing.
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Scale of social coordination levels
Byzantine consensus
Consensus
Disagree and commit
Derping
Consensus trap
Live and let live
Agree to disagree
Mutual incomprehension
Garden of forking paths
Light speed mutual retreat
Bubble multiverse
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If mutual incomprehension is the goal, it's pretty easy to assure it unilaterally.
When should mutual incomprehension be the goal?
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Agreeing to disagree too early or on an important subject, or deliberate ignorance, can be really bad, though.




