It is said that Israel's Mossad has a rule casually known as the Tenth Man Rule. That rule is that if nine men agree on something, the tenth man is required to take the opposing or alternate position. The idea is to avoid groupthink and to seek alternatives rather than take the easy route of going with the flow, especially when stakes are high.
What are your thoughts on this? And could this apply to social discussions? I don't mean that being a troll is a good thing because of this rule, or that opposing the consensus is a license to be offensive, but I do think that sometimes individuals with minority opinions deserve better respect than they get.
What are your thoughts on this? And could this apply to social discussions? I don't mean that being a troll is a good thing because of this rule, or that opposing the consensus is a license to be offensive, but I do think that sometimes individuals with minority opinions deserve better respect than they get.