Jiang says staged TV debates and public shouting matches do not build understanding because they are performance rather than real human encounter.
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Understanding
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"...school that you disagree with and try to come to an understanding of the other person's viewpoint."
"...fair criticism in that I'm not presenting to you the majority understanding of these texts. And I should have done that to begin with..."
"...the different ideologies of Israel and shown that, um, this Gnostic understanding of the Kabbalah is an extreme, uh, version."
"...foundation. The eschatological underside is what matters most, the key to understanding what the states are and we're always ultimately about. Okay. This is..."
"...going to do this, this class is share with you my understanding of AI. I'm going to get some things wrong."
"...is that they have an eschatology. So an eschatology is an understanding of how the world should be, and how we move towards this..."
"So really the argument between America and Russia is a different understanding of the story of Adam and Eve. Okay. For the Americans. For..."
"...and Israel, they have their own worldview. They have their own understanding. And that's what drives their actions. Okay. And the other thing to..."
"...is this it's really powerful is that when this happens our understanding of the universe expands because now our view it's more cosmic it's..."
"...independently, they were able to come to the same framework and understanding of how the universe works. Okay? That's pretty amazing. All right? All..."
"...we first have to misunderstand, okay? It's misunderstanding that leads to understanding. We have to correct ourselves in order to fully understand the truth...."
"...center of evolution. It's because of this revolution in technology and understanding that's allowed us to progress. That's not true. The real reason is..."
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