&gt;It&#x27;s not easy to find a serious discussion that can acknowledge the truths of both sides<p>That&#x27;s because we&#x27;re not conditioned to debate for the sake of debate anymore. We debate for as long as it takes for the other side to get mad enough to stop talking to us or use personal insults or violence.<p>Probably one of the most enjoyable experiences in the past 10 years of my life was staying up in a Waffle House until 4 or 5 in the morning debating whether or not an afterlife, any afterlife, exists, with a friend of mine from college that I hadn&#x27;t seen in years. Neither of us &quot;won&quot; the debate or changed our minds, but we sat there (with our cell phones off) just coming up with ideas to try to sway the other person.