High-quality collaborative debate requires power differentials to be neutralized.
- High-quality collaborative debate requires power differentials to be neutralized.
- If everyone is aware of a power differential, then people will naturally defer to the more powerful person or try to impress them.
- This distorts the truth-finding ability of the collective.
- Even in spaces that explicitly aim for a dynamic where everyone acts as peers, if everyone is aware of a power differential, it's still in the background.
- For example, if one person is known to be prominent enough to have their own Wikipedia page.