We're going to explore an issue that seems plucked from the headlines—seemingly intelligent people on both sides of a debate locked in intractable conflict, arguing in ways that feel like a puzzle: two sides looking at the same set of facts and drawing completely different conclusions.

In cases like this, no agreement or solution will come from simply collecting more facts. The problem isn't lack of information—it's something deeper.

I think everyone has experienced this kind of debate, and the solutions to this problem are surprising.