On 06/24/2011 04:35, Keith Moore wrote:
I often get the impression that dissenters are dismissed as "in the rough" and
that their opinions, no matter how well expressed, are given less weight than those who
are in favor.
One could also consider the idea that due to the very human tendency
towards confirmation bias that those who dissent often view that
dissenting opinion as both more important and more popular than a more
objective observer would.
One of the reasons that I believe this document actually does achieve at
least rough consensus is that in the course of the WG discussion
something was achieved that at least in my experience is quite rare in
the IETF, some people actually changed their opinions as a result of the
discussion. To me that indicates that the concepts discussed were
carefully considered (the concerns raised in the IETF LC being a subset
of those discussed in the WG) and ultimately the right decision was
reached. Of course, it could also be argued that I'm suffering from
confirmation bias since I agree with the decisions reached, as far as
they go.
hth,
Doug
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