<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Argumentation can test ideas when participants... > Argumentation can test ideas when participants consent to the exchange and understand its rules. Arguing as interpersonal combat is different: it prices victory above learning and often leaves both people with less intelligence than they began. Intellectual friction needs a container. **Source:** [[livestreams/Simple Steps, Mental Levers, and the Practice of Change - Workbook|Simple Steps, Mental Levers, and the Practice of Change]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Argumentation can test ideas when participants consent to the exchange and understand its rules. Arguing as interpersonal combat is different: it prices victory above learning and often leaves both people with less intelligence than they began. Intellectual friction needs a container.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-argumentation-test-ideas-friction-needs-container ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->