Opinions

["R. William Field" <bill-field@uiowa.edu>]

Al,

I am surprised you think we are 180 degrees opposed.  I thought we had
found a few items in the past we agreed upon.

In answer to your question below.  I think the 2 people need to find an
area of common agreement and work from there.  An agreement of 100% may be
unreachable.  A possible initial goal may be a 50% agreement with wide
confidence intervals.  

Let's first agree to take our discussions of the listserv.

Regards, Bill Field







At 05:51 PM 3/6/98 -0600, you wrote:
R. William Field wrote:
 
 Melissa has asked that this thread be discontinued.   It is apparent, we
 have a difference of opinion on this subject.  I am very willing to have a
 constructive dialogue via personal email on this subject if you are
 interested.


Al responded:

>Absolutely.  This subject is so important to the dollars we are spending
>for no measurable benefit vis-a-vis low doses of radiation that any
>constructive discussion (perhaps even with some constructive actions to
>remedy the situation) is worthwhile.
>
>I'm not sure how to operate when two people have points of view 180
>degrees apart.  I have been asking the following question for about nine
>years now and have yet to get the answer:
>
>1.  Two people and only two, with no access to a third person, have
>diametrically opposed points of view about which they feel very
>strongly.
>
>2.  How do they resolve the issue so that both feel they have won 100
>percent?
>
>It seems we might be those two people.  So, in addition to our
>constructive dialog, perhaps we can also work on the answer to the above
>question.
>
>Regards  Al
>

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