Consider two agents who want to be Bayesians with a common prior, but who cannot due to computational limitations. If these agents agree that their estimates are consistent with certain easy-to-compute consistency constraints, then they can agree to disagree about any random variable only if they also agree to disagree, to a similar degree and in a stronger sense, about an average error. Yet av...

While trade liberalization was perhaps the archetype disagreement on development strategy in the 1980s and 1990s, in the 1990s and 2000s this role has been taken over by water privatization and the passions it arouses. What are the underlying reasons for disagreements on water, among those who proclaim to be for poverty reduction? This paper tries to understand the nature of the disagreements, ...

We solve several open problems concerning the correlation clustering problem introduced by Bansal, Blum and Chawla [1]. We give an equivalence argument between these problems and the multicut problem. This implies an O(logn) approximation algorithm for minimizing disagreements on weighted and unweighted graphs. The equivalence also implies that these problems are APX-hard and suggests that impr...

OBJECTIVE The extent of disagreement between large and smaller randomized, controlled trials on mental health issues is unknown. The authors aimed to compare the results of large versus smaller trials on mental health-related interventions. METHOD The authors screened 161 Cochrane and 254 Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness systematic reviews on mental health-related interventio...

This paper proposes an explanation for why academics disagree about the value of drawings. It notes that such disagreements can be found not only between academics in traditional text-dominated disciplines, but also between academics in non-textual subjects such as architecture. The paper does not focus on the nature of these disagreements but instead proposes a framework for explaining the cau...

Recent investigations on the coalescence of polymeric droplets a solid substrate have reported strong disagreements; heart issue is whether drops similar to that Newtonian fluid and independent molecular relaxation, or role entanglement chains leads transition kinetics different from fluid. Via this report, we resolve disagreements through discussion effects merging method dominant forces gover...

With the COVID-19 pandemic, families are having to coordinate their behaviors face new challenges, such as negotiating social distancing measures that family will or not take in daily interaction. This study utilizes Family Communication Patterns Theory examine conversations young adults reported with members about and what factors predicted outcomes of these disagreements. A family’s level con...

sophia perennis, including the principles of metaphysics, anthropology, ethics and theology, has been placed in the hearth of all traditions. all ways to attain the pure essence of god begins from knowing one`s own self as is understood in the hadith: “one who comes to know himself will know his lord”. on this issue there may be found two important disagreements between schuon, and nasr as his ...

With the number of patent claims including DNA sequence booming, is there a way forward to help resolve disagreements over the many issues involved? One ethical body believes that there is and has produced a new study.

Much recent discussion in social epistemology has focussed on the question of whether peers can rationally sustain a disagreement. A growing number of social epistemologists hold that the answer is negative. We point to considerations from the history of science that favor rather the opposite answer. However, we also explain how the other position can appear intuitively attractive. Disagreement...