I wrote the earlier reply on my phone in the dark and perhaps did not express myself well

Sometimes I have the habit of responding quickly and thinking after, not a good habit I know

I do agree debating someone with different thoughts is fine and often a challenge, I do not have an issue with that at all, I find it fun, I learnt that from an uncle of mine in my late teens

He lived on a farm and on a Saturday he loved going to two nearby towns to a Pub/Restaurant in each town, one was one very popular with supporters of one of our Political parties, and the other popular with the other party, he would go to the first one which say supports Party A and love debating for Party B and then do the reverse in the other

No angst or heated discussions but open sharing of views and thoughts and he was such a good debater :)

So yes I do get what you mean discussing with someone perhaps bringing to them perspectives they may not have considered, and yes perhaps also having perspectives brought to your attention one may not have considered is a worthwhile adventure

these days sadly in many cases people are so strong on their ideas and can get aggressive if counter thoughts are raised, one has to be careful who one may have an open discussion with